10-letter words starting with h
- heathenize — to make heathen.
- heathlands — Plural form of heathland.
- heatseeker — A heat-seeking missile.
- heatshield — A system designed to protect what is behind it against heat.
- heatstroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- heave down — to raise or lift with effort or force; hoist: to heave a heavy ax.
- heavenward — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- 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.
- hebdomadal — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hebdomadar — (in Scottish universities and grammar schools) a name given to the member of staff whose weekly turn it is to supervise the behaviour of students
- hebetating — to make dull or blunt.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hecticness — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hectokilo- — one hundred thousand; the factor 105
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectometre — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hectostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- hedge fund — a mutual fund organized as a limited partnership and using high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large profits.
- hedgeapple — Alternate name for the fruit of the osage orange tree, also known as the hedge tree.
- hedgewitch — A modern witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience.
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heedlessly — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- hegemonies — Plural form of hegemony.
- hegemonism — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hegemonist — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heidelberg — a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- heightened — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heisenberg — Werner Karl [ver-nuh r kahrl] /ˈvɛr nər kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- hektoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hektometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hektostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- heliacally — In a heliacal manner.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- helictites — Plural form of helictite.
- heligoland — Helgoland.