10-letter words starting with h
- hang it up — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang loose — to let loose; free from bonds or restraint.
- hang tough — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- hanky-pank — unethical behavior; deceit: When the bank teller bought an expensive car and house, they suspected there might be some hanky-panky going on.
- hanoverian — of or relating to the former ruling house of Hanover.
- hansardize — to prove that (a member of parliament) has changed his views from those quoted in Hansard
- hantavirus — any of several viruses of the family Bunyaviridae, spread chiefly by wild rodents, that cause acute respiratory illness, kidney failure, and other syndromes.
- hanya holm — Hanya [hahn-ye] /ˌhɑn yɛ/ (Show IPA), 1895?–1992, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher; born in Germany.
- haphtaroth — Plural form of haphtarah.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- haplogroup — Genetics. a set of similar haplotypes inherited together, or a group who shares a set of similar haplotypes, used to understand genetic lineages.
- haplophase — the haploid portion of an organism's life cycle.
- haplotypes — Plural form of haplotype.
- happenings — something that happens; occurrence; event.
- happi coat — a Japanese lounging jacket with wide, loose sleeves and often an overlapping front closure usually tied with a sash.
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- happy talk — a style of news presentation characterized by cheerful commentary and informal conversation among anchors during newscasts
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- haptometer — a mechanical device for measuring the sense of touch.
- harald iii — surname Hardraade. 1015–66, king of Norway (1047–66); invaded England (1066) and died at the battle of Stamford Bridge
- haranguing — Present participle of harangue.
- harassedly — in a harassed manner
- harassment — the act or an instance of harassing, or disturbing, pestering, or troubling repeatedly; persecution: She sued her boss for sexual harassment.
- harbingers — Plural form of harbinger.
- harborless — Alternative spelling of harbourless.
- harborside — bordering a harbor.
- harbourage — (British, nautical) A place for refuge for a vessel.
- harbourful — the amount that a harbour can hold
- harbouring — a part of a body of water along the shore deep enough for anchoring a ship and so situated with respect to coastal features, whether natural or artificial, as to provide protection from winds, waves, and currents.
- hard at it — working hard
- hard candy — candy, often fruit flavored, made by boiling together sugar and corn syrup.
- hard cider — the juice pressed from apples (or formerly from some other fruit) used for drinking, either before fermentation (sweet cider) or after fermentation (hard cider) or for making applejack, vinegar, etc.
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- hard crash — (programming) When a program stops running completely and unexpectedly, often due to external events, e.g. the CPU overheating or an unrecoverable memory error. See also disk crash.
- hard drive — hard disk drive
- hard goods — durable goods
- hard grass — any of several types of coarse grass
- hard labor — compulsory labor imposed upon criminals in addition to imprisonment, generally not exceeding ordinary labor in severity or amount.
- hard light — directed light, especially light whose beams are relatively parallel, producing distinct shadows and a harsher modeling effect on the subject.
- hard lines — bad luck
- hard maple — the sugar maple, Acer saccharum.
- hard money — (in the US) money given directly to a candidate in an election to assist his or her campaign
- hard paste — true porcelain, made with kaolin, feldspar, quartz, or petuntse.
- hard peach — a clingstone peach.
- hard power — the ability to achieve one's goals by force, esp military force
- hard right — You use hard right to describe those members of a right wing political group or party who have the most extreme political beliefs.
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.