13-letter words starting with h
- head shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- head-shrinker — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- headline rate — a basic rate of inflation, taxation, etc, before distorting factors have been removed
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- headquartered — to situate in headquarters.
- headshrinkers — Plural form of headshrinker.
- health center — medical clinic
- health centre — A health centre is a building in which a group of doctors have offices or surgeries where their patients can visit them.
- health hazard — something that is dangerous to health
- health resort — spa
- health-giving — conducive to health; salutary
- healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heart disease — any condition of the heart that impairs its functioning.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- heart massage — rhythmic manual compression of the sternum or heart to restore normal heartbeat, as after cardiac arrest.
- heart monitor — a machine that registers the activity of the heart
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- heart starter — the first drink of the day
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
- heart trouble — cardiac condition
- heart-healthy — conducive to cardiovascular health: heart-healthy cooking.
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heartbreakers — Plural form of heartbreaker.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartbrokenly — In a heartbroken manner.
- heartfeltness — The state or quality of being heartfelt.
- heartlessness — The characteristic of being heartless.
- heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
- heat capacity — the heat required to raise the temperature of a substance one degree.
- heat equation — a partial differential equation the solution of which gives the distribution of temperature in a region as a function of space and time when the temperature at the boundaries, the initial distribution of temperature, and the physical properties of the medium are specified.
- heat transfer — Heat transfer is the movement of heat from one substance or material to another.
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heave the log — to determine a ship's speed with such a device
- heaven forbid — You say 'Heaven forbid!' to emphasize that you very much hope that something will not happen.
- heavenly body — celestial object: star, planet, etc.
- heavenly city — the abode of God and His saints; heaven. Rev. 21:2.
- heavily built — with a big heavy body
- heavy cruiser — a naval cruiser having 8-inch (20.3-cm) guns as its main armament.
- heavy element — any element heavier than helium
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- heavy-bearded — having a thick or dark beard.
- heavy-hearted — sorrowful; melancholy; dejected.