11-letter words containing c, h, o, l, e, r
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- heterotelic — (of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.
- hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- horse block — a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- la chorrera — a city in central Panama, just W of the Panama Canal.
- la rochelle — a department in W France. 2792 sq. mi. (7230 sq. km). Capital: La Rochelle.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- multichrome — chromium.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oligochrome — the brand name of a light filtering device used in photography
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.