11-letter words containing c, h, i, r, o
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- idiomorphic — Also, euhedral. (in a rock) noting or pertaining to a mineral constituent having its own characteristic outward crystalline form unaltered by the other constituents of the rock; automorphic.
- incoherence — the quality or state of being incoherent.
- incoherency — incoherence.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
- isochronism — an isochronal character or action.
- isochronize — to make isochronal.
- isochronous — isochronal.
- isorhythmic — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lithochromy — the art or practice of painting on stone
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logographic — of, relating to, or using logograms.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macrophagic — Of or pertaining to macrophages.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- meromorphic — of or relating to a function that is analytic, except for poles, in a given domain.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microlithic — pertaining to or characterized by the use of microliths, as a people or culture.