11-letter words containing a, p, o, r, i
- foetiparous — (of a marsupial) bearing young before they are fully developed.
- forcipation — the state or condition of being forcipated
- foremanship — The position of a foreman.
- foretopsail — (nautical) the sail draped from the foretopmast.
- forte-piano — loud and then immediately soft
- fortepianos — Plural form of fortepiano.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- frappuccino — Iced cappuccino.
- gamotropism — the tendency of gametes to attract each other
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- halomorphic — containing or resulting from the presence of neutral salts or alkaline salts or the presence of both
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- haptotropic — relating to haptotropism
- harmoniphon — an obsolete musical instrument consisting of a mouth tube and keyboard that acts on reeds which vibrate to give a sound similar to an oboe
- harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippocratic — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- 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.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrophobia — rabies.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hyperorexia — compulsive overeating