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11-letter words containing c, h, i, s, o

  • holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
  • homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
  • homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
  • horoscopist — One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
  • horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
  • house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
  • house music — an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
  • hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
  • humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
  • hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
  • hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
  • hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
  • hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
  • hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
  • hypnotistic — of or relating to a hypnotist
  • hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
  • hypocorisms — Plural form of hypocorism.
  • hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
  • hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
  • hypocrisies — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
  • hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypoosmotic — Hypotonic.
  • hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
  • hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
  • ichthyopsid — relating to the class Ichthyopsida, which contains amphibians, fishes, and fish-like vertebrates
  • ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
  • 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.
  • iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
  • icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
  • icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
  • indochinese — of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants.
  • insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
  • interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
  • intraschool — Within a single school.
  • ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
  • ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
  • isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
  • isochronism — an isochronal character or action.
  • isochronize — to make isochronal.
  • isochronous — isochronal.
  • isolecithal — homolecithal.
  • isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
  • 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.
  • knot stitch — a stitch that produces a knot on the fabric surface, made by twining the thread about the needle.
  • lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
  • lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
  • logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
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