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13-letter words starting with h

  • hospitability — The quality of being hospitable.
  • hospital bill — the bills incurred for receiving hospital treatment
  • hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
  • hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
  • hospital pass — a pass made to a team-mate who will be tackled heavily as soon as the ball is received
  • hospital ship — a ship built to serve as a hospital, especially used to treat the wounded in wartime and accorded safe passage by international law.
  • hospitalizing — Present participle of hospitalize.
  • host an event — If a hotel or organization hosts an event, it provides the facilities for the event to take place.
  • host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
  • host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
  • hostel school — (in Canada) one of a series of boarding schools operated by the federal government in the northern territories for Indian and Eskimo students.
  • hot and heavy — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
  • hot chocolate — warm drink made with chocolate powder
  • hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
  • hot gospeller — a person who preaches in a fervent and vocal way, esp in evangelical churches
  • hot-swappable — (of devices, disks, etc) capable of being inserted or removed from a computer system that is running, without causing damage or affecting performance
  • hot-water bag — a bag, usually of rubber, for holding hot water to apply warmth to some part of the body, as the feet.
  • hotel manager — sb who runs a hotel
  • hotheadedness — The state or characteristic of being hotheaded; the tendency to be easily infuriated or provoked.
  • hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
  • hottentot fig — a succulent plant, Mesembryanthemum edule, of southern Africa, having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp: family Aizoaceae
  • hound's tooth — a pattern of broken or jagged checks, used on a variety of fabrics.
  • hourly worker — an employee who is paid an hourly rate rather than a fixed salary
  • house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
  • house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
  • house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
  • house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
  • house of keys — the lower house of the legislature of the Isle of Man.
  • house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
  • house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
  • house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
  • house sparrow — a small, hardy, buffy-brown and gray bird, Passer domesticus, of Europe, introduced into America, Australia, etc.
  • house surgeon — a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call.
  • house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
  • house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
  • house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
  • house-trained — housebroken.
  • house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • housebreakers — Plural form of housebreaker.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
  • household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
  • household god — a god presiding over and protecting the home, especially in the religion of ancient Rome.
  • househusbands — Plural form of househusband.
  • houselessness — Lack of a house; homelessness.
  • housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
  • housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
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