10-letter words that end in a
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- hollow sea — an ocean wave formation in which the rise from troughs to crests is very steep.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homophilia — (dated) homosexuality.
- homophobia — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- hormogonia — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- hrotsvitha — c935–c1000, German nun, poet, and dramatist.
- hybrid tea — a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrorhiza — the rootlike base of a hydroid colony, by which it is attached to the substratum.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hyoplastra — the second foremost pair of plastral bones in a turtle
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperaemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperaphia — abnormal sensitivity to touch.
- hyperdulia — the veneration offered to the Virgin Mary as the most exalted of creatures.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermedia — hypertext
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hyperpnoea — abnormally deep or rapid respiration.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hyphopodia — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypophonia — an abnormally weak voice due to lack of coordination of the speech muscles.
- hypophoria — Physical misalignment of the two eyes so that one eye is set lower in the head than the other.
- hypoplasia — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypothymia — a state of depression
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- ibm 370esa — (computer, IBM) (Enterprise System Architecture) An IBM mainframe computer introduced in 1988. Successor to the IBM 370XA had enhanced access registers that allowed access to other forms of virtual memory. This enhancement allowed more data storage in main and virtual memory, reducing I/O operating and improving speed and efficiency. The IBM 370ESA was rebranded as the IBM390, and later as the zSeries.
- ibn-batuta — 1304–?68, Arab traveller, who wrote the Rihlah, an account of his travels (1325–54) in Africa and Asia
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- imbroccata — a downward pass or thrust
- improperia — reproach (def 8).
- incaparina — a cheap high-protein food made of cottonseed, sorghum flours, maize, yeast, etc, used, esp in Latin America, to prevent protein-deficiency diseases
- incunabula — Early printed books, especially those printed before 1501.
- index data — (company) A Danish company who have released a lot of ANSI Z39.50 related source under GPL.
- indian tea — the most popular type of tea in Britain; it has small black leaves, and is stronger than China tea