10-letter words starting with h
- harold iii — (Harold Hardrada) 1015–66, king of Norway 1045–66.
- harpooneer — A harpooner.
- harpooning — Present participle of harpoon.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- harquebuse — Alternative form of harquebus.
- harrington — James. 1611–77, English republican and writer. He described his ideal form of government in Oceana (1656)
- harrisburg — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- harrumphed — to clear the throat audibly in a self-important manner: The professor harrumphed good-naturedly.
- harrumpher — (informal) One who complains or moralizes.
- hartebeest — any large African antelope of the genus Alcelaphus, having ringed horns that curve backward: some species are endangered.
- harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hartlepool — a seaport city in NE England.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- harvesters — Plural form of harvester.
- harvesting — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- harvestman — daddy-longlegs (def 1).
- harvestmen — Plural form of harvestman.
- hary janos — an opera (1926) by Zoltán Kodály.
- hash house — an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.
- hash table — hash coding
- hash-house — an inexpensive restaurant, diner, or the like, that serves a limited number of short-order dishes: We stopped for lunch at a roadside hash house.
- hashbrowns — Alternative spelling of hash browns.
- hasslefree — (informal) troublefree.
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- hatch boat — a small fishing vessel having covered wells for holding the catch.
- hatchbacks — Plural form of hatchback.
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hatchelled — Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel.
- hatcheries — Plural form of hatchery.
- hatchetman — A professional killer or gunman.
- hatchetmen — Plural form of hatchetman (alternative spelling of hatchet men).
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- hatchments — Plural form of hatchment.
- hate crime — a crime, usually violent, motivated by prejudice or intolerance toward an individual’s national origin, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability.
- hate sheet — a newspaper or other publication that consistently expresses biased hatred toward some national, racial, religious, or other group.
- hate-watch — to watch (a TV show, movie, video, actor, etc.) that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize.
- hatemonger — a person who kindles hatred, enmity, or prejudice in others.
- hateration — (African American Vernacular English, slang) Hatred, hostility, animus.
- hateworthy — Worthy of being hated, detestable, despicable.
- hatha yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- hatha-yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- hatshepsut — 1495–75 b.c, queen of Egypt.
- hattersley — Roy (Sydney George), Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook. born 1932, British Labour politician; deputy leader of the Labour Party (1983–92); shadow home secretary (1980–83; 1987–92)
- haua fteah — a cave site in Cyrenaica that has produced archaeological evidence of the longest sequence of human habitation in northern Africa, extending to about 80,000 years b.p.
- haubergeon — a short, sleeveless coat of mail.
- haughtiest — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- haul queen — a young woman who displays her recent shopping purchases in films uploaded to video-sharing websites, and is paid according to the advertising revenue those videos generate
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hausfrauen — a housewife.