10-letter words starting with hi
- hinesville — a town in SE Georgia.
- hinterland — Often, hinterlands. the remote or less developed parts of a country; back country: The hinterlands are usually much more picturesque than the urban areas.
- hintermost — Most remote; closest to the outer edge or back.
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- hip-length — reaching to or covering the hips, as clothing: a hiplength sweater.
- hiphuggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hippiatric — relating or belonging to the treatment of disease in horses
- hippieness — the state or quality of being a hippy or hippies
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- hippodrome — an arena or structure for equestrian and other spectacles.
- hippogriff — a fabulous creature resembling a griffin but having the body and hind parts of a horse.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hippomanes — (formerly) a substance found on the forehead of a newborn foal or obtained from a mare in foal, thought to act as an aphrodisiac
- hippomania — A passion for horses.
- hippomenes — the successful suitor of Atalanta.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- hippophile — one who loves horses.
- hippophobe — someone who hates horses
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hippuritic — of, relating to, or containing hippurites
- hipsterdom — The state of being a hipster.
- hipsterish — Like a hipster; (often pretentiously) trendy.
- hipsterism — the style of life of a hipster.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- hired hand — a hired laborer, especially on a farm or ranch; farm hand or ranch hand.
- hirselling — the practice or activity of sorting sheep into groups of different kinds
- hirtellous — minutely hirsute.
- hirudinean — any annelid worm of the class Hirudinea, comprising the leeches.
- hirudinoid — of, relating to, or resembling a leech.
- hirudinous — leech-like
- hispanidad — hispanism, especially as directed toward political objectives.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- histamines — Plural form of histamine.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- histiocyte — A stationary phagocytic cell present in connective tissue.
- histoblast — a cell or group of cells capable of forming tissue.
- histograms — Plural form of histogram.
- histologic — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- histolysis — disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.
- historians — Plural form of historian.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historico- — historical, historical and
- histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
- hit bottom — the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal.
- hit it off — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
- hit parade — a listing or category of popular songs ranked according to their popularity with listeners, usually as shown by sales of records.
- hit single — a successful and popular song which has sold many copies