10-letter words starting with he
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hectokilo- — one hundred thousand; the factor 105
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectometre — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hectostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- hedge fund — a mutual fund organized as a limited partnership and using high-risk, speculative methods to obtain large profits.
- hedgeapple — Alternate name for the fruit of the osage orange tree, also known as the hedge tree.
- hedgewitch — A modern witch who focuses on herbalism and shamanic experience.
- hedonistic — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
- heedlessly — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- hegemonies — Plural form of hegemony.
- hegemonism — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- hegemonist — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heidelberg — a city in NW Baden-Württemberg, in SW Germany: university, founded 1386.
- heidenstam — Verner von [ver-nuh r fawn] /ˈvɛr nər fɔn/ (Show IPA), 1859–1940, Swedish poet and novelist: Nobel Prize 1916.
- heightened — to increase the height of; make higher.
- heisenberg — Werner Karl [ver-nuh r kahrl] /ˈvɛr nər kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1901–76, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- hektograph — to copy with the hectograph.
- hektoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hektometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hektostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- heliacally — In a heliacal manner.
- helianthus — any composite plant of the genus Helianthus, comprising the sunflowers.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- helictites — Plural form of helictite.
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- heliograph — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- heliolatry — worship of the sun.
- heliometer — a telescope with a divided, adjustable objective, formerly used to measure small angular distances, as those between celestial bodies.
- heliometry — The measurement of the diameters of heavenly bodies, their relative distances, etc.
- heliopause — the boundary of the heliosphere.
- heliophile — Any organism that is attracted to large amounts of sunlight.
- heliophyte — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliopolis — Biblical name On. an ancient ruined city in N Egypt, on the Nile delta.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- heliostats — Plural form of heliostat.
- heliotaxis — movement of an organism toward or away from sunlight.
- heliotrope — any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers.
- heliotropy — the growth of plants in a particular direction as a response to the stimulus of light, heliotropism
- heliskiing — skiing on remote mountains to which the participants are brought by helicopter.
- hell house — (in the US) a visitor attraction provided by fundamentalist Christians, in which each room contains a gruesome tableau of a sin and its divine punishment, intended to encourage the spectator to seek salvation in Christ
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hellbender — a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
- hellebores — Plural form of hellebore.