13-letter words starting with h
- high-interest — (of a loan, mortgage, etc) to be repaid at a high rate of interest
- high-low-jack — all fours (def 2).
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- high-sounding — having an impressive or pretentious sound; grand: the high-sounding titles of minor officials.
- high-spending — spending more than is necessary or appropriate
- high-spirited — characterized by energetic enthusiasm, elation, vivacity, etc.
- high-stepping — seeking unrestrained pleasure, as by frequenting night clubs, parties, etc.; leading a wild and fast life: a high-stepping young crowd.
- high-sticking — to strike (an opponent) at shoulder level or above with a hockey stick.
- high-velocity — having an above average velocity
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- higher degree — a degree taken after your first undergraduate degree
- highland park — a city in NE Illinois, on Lake Michigan.
- highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hilbert space — a complete infinite-dimensional vector space on which an inner product is defined.
- hill climbing — Computer
- hill of beans — something of trifling value; virtually nothing at all: The problem didn't amount to a hill of beans.
- hinged girder — a type of girder with a hinge, used in bridge building
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- histiocytosis — (medicine) An excess of histiocytes, associated with various rare diseases.
- histiophoroid — of or relating to the sailfish
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- histodialysis — histolysis.
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- historicizing — Present participle of historicize.
- histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
- hit the books — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hit the skids — get into difficulties
- hitching post — a post to which horses, mules, etc., are tied.
- hobson-jobson — the alteration of a word or phrase borrowed from a foreign language to accord more closely with the phonological and lexical patterns of the borrowing language, as in English hoosegow from Spanish juzgado.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
- hognose snake — any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed.
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- hold together — not fall apart
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.