10-letter words containing a, h, o, r, i
- hrotsvitha — c935–c1000, German nun, poet, and dramatist.
- humaniform — Like a human or that of a human in form, seeming, or appearance.
- humiliator — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydriodate — (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrorhiza — the rootlike base of a hydroid colony, by which it is attached to the substratum.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- hyperosmia — an abnormally acute sense of smell.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypophoria — Physical misalignment of the two eyes so that one eye is set lower in the head than the other.
- hypopraxia — abnormally decreased activity; listlessness.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- inhabitors — Plural form of inhabitor.
- inhalators — Plural form of inhalator.
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
- irish boat — a small fishing boat used in the Boston area in the late 19th century, derived from an Irish model and having a cutter rig.
- irishwoman — a woman born in Ireland or of Irish ancestry.
- ironhanded — having or governing with an iron hand.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- kirovohrad — Kirovograd.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- lightboard — switchboard (def 2).
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithograph — a print produced by lithography.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- logarithms — Plural form of logarithm.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- lothair ii — ("the Saxon") c1070–1137, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and king of the Germans 1125–37.
- loudhailer — (British) A megaphone or bullhorn.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- malnourish — Lb transitive To feed insufficiently, to cause malnutrition.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.