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11-letter words containing a, e, r, o, t, h

  • heterotaxis — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
  • heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
  • hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
  • hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
  • hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
  • hohe tauern — an Alpine mountain range in S Austria. Highest peak, Grossglockner, 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
  • holy father — a title of the pope.
  • home waters — territorial waters
  • homesteader — the owner or holder of a homestead.
  • homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
  • homothermal — homoiothermal.
  • honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
  • honey eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
  • honey-eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
  • honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
  • horned toad — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
  • horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
  • horse-trade — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
  • horsetrader — (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
  • hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
  • house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
  • house-craft — skill in domestic management
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
  • housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
  • housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
  • houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
  • hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
  • hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
  • hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.
  • hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
  • hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
  • hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
  • hymenoptera — hymenopteran.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
  • hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
  • hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
  • ironhearted — hardhearted or callous
  • isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
  • joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
  • karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
  • karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
  • keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
  • kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
  • lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
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