11-letter words starting with hi
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip pointer — a painful bruise or torn muscle at the upper ridge of the pelvis
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- hip-hugging — (of trousers) beginning at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
- hippety-hop — with a hopping movement
- hippiatrics — the study of the diseases of horses
- hippiatrist — someone who treats the diseases of horses
- hippocampal — of or relating to the hippocampus.
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippocratic — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippodamist — a horse-tamer
- hippodamous — horse-taming
- hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hippodromic — of or relating to a hippodrome
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- hippologist — the study of horses.
- hippophobia — Fear or dislike of horses.
- hippopotami — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- hipsterisms — a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hiram maxim — Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- hiring hall — an employment office operated by a union for placing members in jobs.
- hiring-fair — (formerly, in rural areas) a fair or market at which agricultural labourers were hired
- hirsuteness — The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
- hirsutulous — hirtellous.
- his-and-her — denoting two matching or identical items, one intended for use by a male and the other by a female: his-and-her towels in the bathroom; his-and-her sweatshirts.
- hispanicism — an idiom peculiar to Spanish.
- hispanicist — Hispanist.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- histaminase — an enzyme that catalyzes the decomposition of histamine, used in treating allergies.
- histiocytes — Plural form of histiocyte.
- histiocytic — Pertaining to connective tissue containing large white blood cells.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- histologist — a specialist in histology.
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- historicist — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- historicity — historical authenticity.
- historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historiette — a short historical story or anecdote
- historyless — Lacking history.
- histotrophy — A form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph.
- histrionics — an actor.