14-letter words starting with h
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holiday season — period: November to January
- holland finish — an oil and sizing or starch finish applied to cotton fabrics to increase their opacity and strength.
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness
- holometabolism — The complete metamorphosis of an insect.
- holometabolous — undergoing complete metamorphosis.
- holoplanktonic — plankton that spend their entire life cycle as free-swimming organisms (opposed to hemiplankton).
- holter monitor — a portable electrocardiograph worn by a patient over an extended period of time to assess the effects on heart function of activities of daily living.
- holy communion — communion (def 1).
- holy matrimony — marriage
- holy of holies — a place of special sacredness.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
- holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
- holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
- home and hosed — definitely safe or successful
- home economics — the art and science of home management.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- home-from-home — a place that is as pleasant and comfortable as a person's own home
- homeomorphisms — Plural form of homeomorphism.
- homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
- homeward bound — going home
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- homme du monde — a man of the world; a sophisticate.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homomultimeric — (biochemistry) Describing a protein containing two or more identical polypeptide chains.
- homotransplant — allograft.
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- honey mushroom — the edible mushroom of the oak-root fungus, Armillariella mellea.
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- honeycomb work — stalactite work.
- honeydew melon — a variety of the winter melon, Cucumis melo inodorus, having a smooth, pale-green rind and sweet, juicy, light-green flesh.
- honorary canon — a priest attached to a cathedral but not entitled to receive a stipend or to vote in the chapter.
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- honours course — a degree course at honours level
- honours degree — a degree at honours level
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- hooded warbler — a wood warbler, Wilsonia citrina, of the U.S., olive-green above, yellow below, and having a black head and throat with a yellow face.
- hooker's green — a medium green to strong yellowish green.
- hopfield model — Hopfield network
- horace greeley — Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
- horizontal bar — on a bar chart
- horizontalness — The property of being horizontal.