10-letter words starting with hi
- high-jinks — boisterous celebration or merrymaking; unrestrained fun: The city is full of conventioneers indulging in their usual high jinks.
- high-keyed — very nervous or excitable; high-strung.
- high-level — undertaken by or composed of participants having a high status: a high-level meeting; a high-level investigation.
- high-power — (of a rifle) of a sufficiently high muzzle velocity and using a heavy enough bullet to kill large game.
- high-proof — containing a high percentage of alcohol: high-proof spirits.
- high-riser — a couch or single bed with a mattress and frame concealed beneath, which, when pulled all the way out, lift up to the level of the upper cushion or mattress and lock into place to form a double bed.
- high-speed — designed to operate or operating at a high speed: a high-speed drill.
- high-stick — to strike (an opponent) at shoulder level or above with a hockey stick.
- high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
- high-toned — having high principles; dignified.
- highballed — Simple past tense and past participle of highball.
- highbinder — a swindler; confidence man; cheat.
- highbrowed — (of a person) highbrow; intellectual and cultured.
- highchairs — Plural form of highchair.
- higher law — an ethical or religious principle considered as taking precedence over the laws of society, and to which one may appeal in order to justify disobedience to a constitution or enacted law with which it conflicts.
- highermost — highest
- highflying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- highhanded — Alternative spelling of high-handed.
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- highlander — a Gael inhabiting the Highlands of Scotland.
- highlights — An outstanding part of an event or period of time.
- highminded — Alternative form of high-minded.
- highnesses — Plural form of highnesse.
- highschool — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hijackings — Plural form of hijacking.
- hilarities — cheerfulness; merriment; mirthfulness.
- hildebrand — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- hildegarde — a female given name: from Germanic words meaning “battle” and “protector.”.
- hildesheim — a city in N central Germany.
- hill climb — a racing event for motorcycles or automobiles in which competitors drive up a hilly course one at a time, the winner having the fastest time.
- hill mynah — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
- hill start — the act of starting a car or other vehicle on an incline
- hillingdon — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hilltopper — the top or summit of a hill.
- hillwalker — a person who goes hillwalking
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- hinayanist — a Buddhist of the Hinayana school.
- hind shank — Anatomy. the part of the lower limb in humans between the knee and the ankle; leg.
- hindbrains — Plural form of hindbrain.
- hindenburg — Paul von [pawl von;; German poul fuh n] /pɔl vɒn;; German paʊl fən/ (Show IPA), (Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg) 1847–1934, German field marshal; 2nd president of Germany 1925–34.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
- hinderland — a type of linen cloth from Europe
- hinderlans — the buttocks
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
- hindu kush — a mountain range in S Asia, mostly in NE Afghanistan, extending W from the Himalayas. Highest peak, Tirich Mir, 25,230 feet (7690 meters).
- hindustani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.