10-letter words containing y, a, h
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hawk's-eye — a dark-blue chatoyant quartz formed by the silicification of crocidolite, used for ornamental purposes. Compare tiger's-eye (def 1).
- hazard pay — danger money
- head money — a tax of so much per head or person.
- head rhyme — beginning rhyme.
- headlessly — In a headless way.
- heartfully — In a heartful manner.
- heathberry — crowberry.
- heavy rain — torrential rainfall
- heavy spar — barite.
- heavy type — type that is thicker and blacker than normal type
- heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- heliacally — In a heliacal manner.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- henry dale — Sir Henry Hallett [hal-it] /ˈhæl ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1875–1968, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1936.
- henry vane — Sir Henry (Sir Harry Vane) 1613–62, British statesman and author.
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- heterarchy — (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- hexagynian — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hill mynah — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- hinayanist — a Buddhist of the Hinayana school.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.