11-letter words starting with H
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter H. This section showcases how H at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with H, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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humiliating | 17 | causing awareness of your shortcomings | - |
handwriting | 19 | something written by hand | she recognized his handwriting |
humiliation | 16 | depriving one of self-esteem | - |
handicapped | 22 | having restricted mental or physical functioning as a consequence of injury or illness | - |
hospitality | 19 | kindness in welcoming guests or strangers | - |
hairdresser | 15 | someone who cuts or beautifies hair | - |
housekeeper | 20 | a servant who is employed to perform domestic task in a household | - |
heartbroken | 20 | full of sorrow | - |
heavyweight | 27 | a person of exceptional importance and reputation | - |
hardworking | 23 | characterized by hard work and perseverance | - |
headquarter | 24 | provide with headquarters | the compnay is headquartered in New Jersey |
hitchhiking | 27 | - | - |
hypothermia | 24 | subnormal body temperature | - |
hibernation | 16 | cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals | - |
hemorrhoids | 20 | - | - |
hypermarket | 25 | a huge supermarket (usually built on the outskirts of a town) | - |
horseradish | 18 | coarse Eurasian plant cultivated for its thick white pungent root | - |
hummingbird | 22 | tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight | - |
hallucinate | 16 | perceive what is not there; have illusions | - |
hyperactive | 24 | more active than normal | a hyperactive child |
highlighted | 23 | - | - |
handwritten | 18 | written by hand | - |
huckleberry | 25 | any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries | - |
holographic | 22 | written entirely in one's own hand | holographic document |
hostilities | 14 | fighting; acts of overt warfare | the outbreak of hostilities |
haemorrhage | 20 | the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel | - |
hibernating | 17 | in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation | a hibernating bear |
hooliganism | 17 | willful wanton and malicious destruction of the property of others | - |
hippocampus | 24 | seahorses | - |
honeysuckle | 23 | columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers | - |
hospitalize | 25 | admit into a hospital | Mother had to be hospitalized because her blood pressure was too high |
housemaster | 16 | teacher in charge of a school boardinghouse | - |
harebrained | 17 | very foolish | harebrained ideas |
handcrafted | 21 | - | - |
homeopathic | 23 | of or relating to the practice of homeopathy | homeopathic medicine |
hydroponics | 22 | a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients | - |
harpsichord | 22 | a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots | - |
hairstylist | 17 | someone who cuts or beautifies hair | - |
hollandaise | 15 | eggs and butter with lemon juice | - |
hypnotizing | 29 | - | - |
hypothermic | 26 | of or relating to or affected by hypothermia | - |
handicapper | 21 | someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race) | - |
hemorrhagic | 22 | of or relating to a hemorrhage | - |
haemophilia | 21 | congenital tendency to uncontrolled bleeding; usually affects males and is transmitted from mother to son | - |
haemoglobin | 19 | a hemoprotein composed of globin and heme that gives red blood cells their characteristic color; function primarily to transport oxygen from the lungs to the body tissues | - |
hemophiliac | 23 | someone who has hemophilia and is subject to uncontrollable bleeding | - |
harmonizing | 26 | - | - |
housebroken | 20 | (of pets) trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place | housebroken pets |
histrionics | 16 | a performance of a play | - |
haloperidol | 17 | tranquilizer (trade name Haldol) used to treat some psychotic disorders and Tourette's syndrome | - |
housemother | 19 | a woman employed as a chaperon in a residence for young people | - |
highfalutin | 21 | affectedly genteel | - |
homeostasis | 16 | (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes | - |
hundredfold | 20 | by a factor of one hundred | they money increased a hundredfold |
hydrocarbon | 22 | an organic compound containing only carbon and hydrogen | - |
homogeneous | 17 | all of the same or similar kind or nature | a close-knit homogeneous group |
householder | 18 | someone who owns a home | - |
hilariously | 17 | in a hilarious manner | hilariously funny |
hunchbacked | 28 | characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an abnormality of the vertebral column | - |
honeycombed | 24 | pitted with cell-like cavities (as a honeycomb) | - |
hypotensive | 22 | a person who has abnormally low blood pressure | - |
hydrophobia | 25 | an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain | - |
haphazardly | 32 | without care; in a slapdash manner | - |
haberdasher | 20 | a merchant who sells men's clothing | - |
homogenized | 27 | formed by blending unlike elements especially by reducing one element to particles and dispersing them throughout another substance | - |
houselights | 18 | lights that illuminate the audience's part of a theater or other auditorium | - |
hydrocyanic | 25 | - | - |
hypovolemic | 26 | of or relating to a decrease in the volume of circulating blood | - |
hermeneutic | 18 | interpretive or explanatory | - |
hereinafter | 17 | in a subsequent part of this document or statement or matter etc. | the landlord demises unto the tenant the premises hereinafter called the demised premises |
healthiness | 17 | the state of being vigorous and free from bodily or mental disease | - |
heartlessly | 17 | in a heartless manner | she behaves rather heartlessly toward her admirers |
homogeneity | 20 | the quality of being similar or comparable in kind or nature | there is a remarkable homogeneity between the two companies |
hippopotami | 22 | - | - |
highlighter | 22 | a cosmetic used to highlight the eyes or cheekbones | - |
hypothesize | 31 | to believe especially on uncertain or tentative grounds | - |
halfhearted | 21 | feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm | a halfhearted effort |
herbivorous | 19 | feeding only on plants | - |
herringbone | 17 | a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery | - |
haughtiness | 18 | overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | - |
hideousness | 15 | dreadful ugliness; horrible repulsiveness | - |
habituating | 17 | - | - |
hardhearted | 19 | lacking in feeling or pity or warmth | - |
hemorrhaged | 21 | - | - |
hopefulness | 19 | full of hope | - |
hyperplasia | 21 | abnormal increase in number of cells | - |
hyphenating | 23 | - | - |
hypotension | 19 | abnormally low blood pressure | - |
housewifier | 20 | - | - |
hyperoxides | 27 | - | - |
hypnophobia | 26 | a morbid fear of falling asleep | - |
hypermiling | 22 | - | - |
hygrophobes | 25 | - | - |
hoverboards | 20 | - | - |
humblebrags | 21 | - | - |
humdurgeons | 18 | - | - |
hummellings | 19 | - | - |
hummockiest | 24 | - | - |
husbandlier | 17 | - | - |
hybridomata | 22 | - | - |
hydrocodone | 21 | - | - |
hothousings | 18 | - | - |
hackerazzis | 38 | - | - |
hacktivisms | 25 | - | - |
hacktivists | 23 | - | - |
haemolymphs | 26 | - | - |
haemolysing | 20 | - | - |
haemolyzing | 29 | - | - |
haemophobia | 23 | - | - |
haemotoxins | 23 | - | - |
hallucinant | 16 | - | - |
handglasses | 16 | - | - |
heterophils | 19 | - | - |
hillockiest | 20 | - | - |
hindcasting | 18 | - | - |
hirsellings | 15 | - | - |
hobnobbiest | 20 | - | - |
homeshoring | 20 | - | - |
homoeotherm | 21 | - | - |
hoppinesses | 18 | - | - |
heretofores | 17 | - | - |
hematogenic | 19 | pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | - |
handpassing | 18 | - | - |
harbourfuls | 19 | - | - |
harbourside | 17 | - | - |
hassockiest | 20 | - | - |
hatchetiest | 19 | - | - |
hawthornier | 20 | - | - |
headteacher | 20 | - | - |
heliskiings | 19 | - | - |
hospitalist | 16 | - | - |
heterokarya | 21 | - | - |
handholding | 20 | - | - |
handrailing | 16 | - | - |
housetrains | 14 | - | - |
hypochromic | 28 | - | - |
hyphaeresis | 22 | - | - |
haemophilus | 21 | - | - |
hammerbeams | 22 | - | - |
hooktenders | 19 | - | - |
horseracing | 17 | - | - |
houndstooth | 18 | - | - |
housecarles | 16 | - | - |
housesitter | 14 | - | - |
hyperdrives | 23 | - | - |
hypermilers | 21 | - | - |
hypermobile | 23 | - | - |
hicksvilles | 23 | - | - |
heparinizes | 25 | - | - |
handlinings | 16 | - | - |
handloggers | 17 | - | - |
hangashores | 18 | - | - |
hatemongers | 17 | - | - |
headbangers | 18 | - | - |
hellraisers | 14 | - | - |
helmsperson | 18 | - | - |
heparinises | 16 | - | - |
hyphaereses | 22 | - | - |
haemostatic | 18 | - | - |
hairbrained | 17 | - | - |
hairbreadth | 20 | - | - |
hairbrushes | 19 | - | - |
haircutters | 16 | - | - |
haircutting | 17 | - | - |
hairinesses | 14 | - | - |
hairsprings | 17 | - | - |
hagioscopic | 21 | - | - |
hagioscopes | 19 | - | - |
haggadistic | 19 | - | - |
haggardness | 17 | - | - |
haggishness | 19 | - | - |
hagiarchies | 20 | - | - |
hagiography | 24 | a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint) | - |
hagiolaters | 15 | - | - |
hagiologies | 16 | - | - |
hagiologist | 16 | the author of a worshipful or idealizing biography | - |
hairstreaks | 18 | - | - |
hairstyling | 18 | - | - |
halobiontic | 18 | - | - |
halocarbons | 18 | - | - |
halogenated | 16 | - | - |
halogenates | 15 | - | - |
halomorphic | 23 | - | - |
halophilies | 19 | - | - |
halloysites | 17 | - | - |
hallmarking | 21 | - | - |
hairweaving | 21 | the act of interweaving a hairpiece with your own hair | - |
halberdiers | 17 | - | - |
halfendeale | 18 | - | - |
halfpennies | 19 | - | - |
halleflinta | 17 | - | - |
halleluiahs | 17 | - | - |
hallelujahs | 24 | - | - |
halophilous | 19 | - | - |
haemostasis | 16 | surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | - |
habiliments | 18 | - | - |
hackbuteers | 22 | - | - |
hackbutters | 22 | - | - |
hackmatacks | 28 | - | - |
hackneyisms | 25 | - | - |
hadrosaurus | 15 | any of numerous large bipedal ornithischian dinosaurs having a horny duck-like bill and webbed feet; may have been partly aquatic | - |
haecceities | 18 | - | - |
haemachrome | 23 | - | - |
haemagogues | 18 | - | - |
hackberries | 22 | - | - |
haciendados | 18 | - | - |
habilitated | 17 | - | - |
habilitates | 16 | - | - |
habilitator | 16 | - | - |
habitations | 16 | - | - |
habitaunces | 18 | - | - |
habituation | 16 | being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs) | - |
habitudinal | 17 | - | - |
haemangioma | 19 | benign angioma consisting of a mass of blood vessels; some appear as birthmarks | - |
haematinics | 18 | - | - |
haematocele | 18 | swelling caused by blood collecting in a body cavity (especially a swelling of the membrane covering the testis) | - |
haemophiles | 21 | - | - |
haemophilic | 23 | relating to or having hemophilia | - |
haemoptyses | 21 | - | - |
haemoptysis | 21 | coughing up blood from the respiratory tract; usually indicates a severe infection of the bronchi or lungs | - |
haemorrhoid | 20 | venous swelling external or internal to the anal sphincter | - |
haemostases | 16 | - | - |
haemolysins | 19 | - | - |
haematocrit | 18 | the ratio of the volume occupied by packed red blood cells to the volume of the whole blood as measured by a hematocrit | - |
haematology | 20 | the branch of medicine that deals with diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | - |
haematomata | 18 | - | - |
haematozoon | 25 | - | - |
haematurias | 16 | - | - |
haemochrome | 23 | - | - |
haemoconias | 18 | - | - |
haemocyanin | 21 | - | - |
haemostasia | 16 | surgical procedure of stopping the flow of blood (as with a hemostat) | - |
handstrokes | 19 | - | - |
hansardizes | 24 | - | - |
hapaxanthic | 28 | - | - |
haphazardry | 32 | - | - |
haplessness | 16 | - | - |
haplobionts | 18 | - | - |
haplography | 25 | - | - |
haplologies | 17 | - | - |
hansardized | 25 | - | - |
hansardises | 15 | - | - |
handworkers | 22 | - | - |
handwringer | 19 | - | - |
handwrought | 22 | - | - |
handyperson | 20 | - | - |
hangability | 20 | - | - |
hansardised | 16 | - | - |
happinesses | 18 | - | - |
haptoglobin | 19 | a protein in plasma that binds free hemoglobin and removes it (as from wounds) | - |
haptotropic | 20 | - | - |
hardwaremen | 20 | - | - |
hariolating | 15 | - | - |
hariolation | 14 | - | - |
harlequined | 24 | - | - |
harmfulness | 19 | destructiveness that causes harm or injury | - |
harmolodics | 19 | - | - |
hardwareman | 20 | someone who sells hardware | in England they call a hardwareman an ironmonger |
hardmouthed | 21 | - | - |
harassingly | 18 | - | - |
harassments | 16 | - | - |
harbingered | 18 | - | - |
harbourages | 17 | - | - |
harbourless | 16 | - | - |
hardgrasses | 16 | - | - |
hardinesses | 15 | - | - |
harmonicist | 18 | - | - |
handstamped | 20 | - | - |
halophytism | 24 | - | - |
hammercloth | 23 | - | - |
hammerheads | 22 | - | - |
hammerlocks | 24 | - | - |
hammerstone | 18 | - | - |
hamminesses | 18 | - | - |
hamshackled | 26 | - | - |
hamshackles | 25 | - | - |
hamstringed | 18 | - | - |
hamfattered | 20 | - | - |
hamesuckens | 22 | - | - |
halterbreak | 20 | - | - |
halterbroke | 20 | - | - |
halternecks | 20 | - | - |
haltingness | 15 | - | - |
hamadryades | 21 | - | - |
hamadryases | 20 | - | - |
hamamelises | 18 | - | - |
hamburghers | 22 | - | - |
handbagging | 20 | - | - |
handballers | 17 | - | - |
handballing | 18 | - | - |
handinesses | 15 | - | - |
handkercher | 24 | - | - |
handlangers | 16 | - | - |
handmaidens | 18 | - | - |
handpicking | 24 | - | - |
handpresses | 17 | - | - |
handselling | 16 | - | - |
handshaking | 23 | grasping and shaking a person's hand (as to acknowledge an introduction or to agree on a contract) | - |
handicrafts | 20 | - | - |
handbarrows | 20 | - | - |
handbaskets | 21 | - | - |
handbreadth | 21 | any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand | - |
handcuffing | 24 | - | - |
handfasting | 19 | - | - |
handfeeding | 20 | - | - |
handsprings | 18 | - | - |
hemstitches | 21 | - | - |
hepatocytes | 21 | - | - |
hepatoscopy | 23 | - | - |
hepatotoxic | 25 | toxic to the liver | - |
heptachlors | 21 | - | - |
heptachords | 22 | - | - |
heptagynous | 20 | - | - |
heptahedral | 20 | - | - |
heptahedron | 20 | - | - |
hepatitises | 16 | - | - |
hepatitides | 17 | - | - |
henchperson | 21 | - | - |
hendecagons | 18 | - | - |
hendiadyses | 19 | - | - |
henotheisms | 19 | - | - |
henotheists | 17 | - | - |
heparinised | 17 | - | - |
heparinized | 26 | - | - |
hepatectomy | 23 | - | - |
heptamerous | 18 | - | - |
heptameters | 18 | - | - |
heptandrous | 17 | - | - |
herbologies | 17 | - | - |
herborising | 17 | - | - |
herborizing | 26 | - | - |
hercogamies | 19 | - | - |
hercogamous | 19 | - | - |
hereditable | 17 | - | - |
hereditably | 20 | - | - |
herbivories | 19 | - | - |
heraldships | 20 | - | - |
heptangular | 17 | - | - |
heptapodies | 19 | - | - |
heptarchies | 21 | - | - |
heptarchist | 21 | - | - |
heptastichs | 21 | - | - |
heptathlete | 19 | - | - |
heptathlons | 19 | - | - |
heptavalent | 19 | - | - |
hereditists | 15 | - | - |
hemstitcher | 21 | - | - |
hemianopsia | 18 | blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes | - |
hemiplegics | 21 | - | - |
hemipterans | 18 | - | - |
hemipterons | 18 | - | - |
hemipterous | 18 | - | - |
hemispheres | 21 | - | - |
hemispheric | 23 | of or relating to the cerebral hemispheres | - |
hemistichal | 21 | - | - |
hemiterpene | 18 | - | - |
hemiplegias | 19 | - | - |
hemimorphic | 25 | - | - |
hemianoptic | 20 | - | - |
hemicranias | 18 | - | - |
hemielytral | 19 | - | - |
hemielytron | 19 | - | - |
hemihedries | 20 | - | - |
hemihedrism | 22 | - | - |
hemihedrons | 20 | - | - |
hemihydrate | 23 | - | - |
hemitropies | 18 | - | - |
hemitropism | 20 | - | - |
hemitropous | 18 | - | - |
hemoprotein | 18 | a conjugated protein linked to a compound of iron and porphyrin | - |
hemorrhages | 20 | - | - |
hemosiderin | 17 | a granular brown substance composed of ferric oxide; left from the breakdown of hemoglobin; can be a sign of disturbed iron metabolism | - |
hemostasias | 16 | - | - |
hemostatics | 18 | - | - |
hemopoietic | 20 | pertaining to the formation of blood or blood cells | hemopoietic stem cells in bone marrow |
hemopoiesis | 18 | the formation of blood cells in the living body (especially in the bone marrow) | - |
hemochromes | 23 | - | - |
hemocyanins | 21 | - | - |
hemodynamic | 24 | or of relating to or involved in hemodynamics | - |
hemoglobins | 19 | - | - |
hemophilias | 21 | - | - |
hemophilics | 23 | - | - |
hemopoieses | 18 | - | - |
hemstitched | 22 | - | - |
heterograft | 18 | tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species | - |
heterostyly | 20 | - | - |
heterotaxes | 21 | - | - |
heterotaxia | 21 | - | - |
heterotaxic | 23 | - | - |
heterotaxis | 21 | - | - |
heterotopia | 16 | - | - |
heterotopic | 18 | - | - |
heterotroph | 19 | an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition | - |
heterospory | 19 | the development of both microspores and megaspores | - |
heteroscian | 16 | - | - |
heterokonts | 18 | - | - |
heterolyses | 17 | - | - |
heterolysis | 17 | - | - |
heterolytic | 19 | - | - |
heterophile | 19 | - | - |
heterophony | 22 | - | - |
heteroploid | 17 | (genetics) an organism or cell having a chromosome number that is not an even multiple of the haploid chromosome number for that species | - |
heteropolar | 16 | - | - |
heterotypic | 21 | - | - |
heterousian | 14 | - | - |
hetmanships | 21 | - | - |
hexametrise | 23 | - | - |
hexametrist | 23 | - | - |
hexametrize | 32 | - | - |
hexaplarian | 23 | - | - |
hexastichal | 26 | - | - |
hexastichic | 28 | - | - |
hexastichon | 26 | - | - |
hexateuchal | 26 | - | - |
hexamerisms | 25 | - | - |
hexahydrate | 28 | - | - |
heulandites | 15 | - | - |
hexadecanes | 24 | - | - |
hexadecimal | 26 | of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base | - |
hexaemerons | 23 | - | - |
hexagonally | 25 | - | - |
hexahedrons | 25 | - | - |
hexahemeric | 28 | - | - |
hexahemeron | 26 | - | - |
hexokinases | 25 | - | - |
heterogonic | 17 | - | - |
hereinabove | 19 | - | - |
hermeticism | 20 | - | - |
hermeticity | 21 | - | - |
hermitesses | 16 | - | - |
herniations | 14 | - | - |
heroicising | 17 | - | - |
heroicizing | 26 | - | - |
herpesvirus | 19 | - | - |
herkogamies | 21 | - | - |
heritresses | 14 | - | - |
hereinbelow | 19 | - | - |
heresiarchs | 19 | - | - |
heresiology | 18 | - | - |
heresthetic | 19 | - | - |
heretically | 19 | - | - |
hereticated | 17 | - | - |
hereticates | 16 | - | - |
herpetology | 20 | the branch of zoology concerned with reptiles and amphibians | - |
herrenvolks | 21 | - | - |
heterocercy | 21 | - | - |
heteroclite | 16 | - | - |
heteroconts | 16 | - | - |
heterocycle | 21 | a compound containing a heterocyclic ring | - |
heterocysts | 19 | - | - |
heterodyned | 19 | - | - |
heterodynes | 18 | - | - |
heteroecism | 18 | - | - |
heteroauxin | 21 | - | - |
heteroatoms | 16 | - | - |
hesitancies | 16 | - | - |
hesitations | 14 | - | - |
hesperidins | 17 | - | - |
hesperidium | 19 | - | - |
hetaerismic | 18 | - | - |
hetaeristic | 16 | - | - |
hetairismic | 18 | - | - |
hetairistic | 16 | - | - |
heterogenic | 17 | - | - |
hemianopias | 18 | - | - |
headinesses | 15 | - | - |
healthcares | 19 | - | - |
healthfully | 23 | - | - |
heartbreaks | 20 | - | - |
hearthstone | 17 | a stone that forms a hearth | - |
heartseases | 14 | - | - |
headworkers | 22 | - | - |
headwaiters | 18 | - | - |
headmasters | 17 | - | - |
headreached | 21 | - | - |
headreaches | 20 | - | - |
headscarves | 20 | - | - |
headsprings | 18 | - | - |
headsquares | 24 | - | - |
headstreams | 17 | - | - |
heartsomely | 19 | - | - |
heartstring | 15 | - | - |
heartthrobs | 19 | - | - |
heatheriest | 17 | - | - |
heatstrokes | 18 | - | - |
heavenliest | 17 | - | - |
heavenwards | 21 | toward heaven | - |
heavinesses | 17 | - | - |
hebdomadars | 20 | - | - |
hebdomadary | 23 | of or occurring every seven days | - |
heathenries | 17 | - | - |
heathenness | 17 | - | - |
heartwaters | 17 | - | - |
heathendoms | 20 | - | - |
heathenesse | 17 | - | - |
heathenised | 18 | - | - |
heathenises | 17 | - | - |
heathenisms | 19 | - | - |
heathenized | 27 | - | - |
heathenizes | 26 | - | - |