11-letter words containing c, h, o, s, e, r
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- home screen — television.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- 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.
- horse block — a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.
- horse conch — a marine gastropod, Pleuroploca gigantea, having a yellowish, spired shell that grows to a length of 2 feet (0.6 meters).
- horse-coper — coper.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- 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.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- isochronize — to make isochronal.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- 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
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- monochromes — Plural form of monochrome.
- nephroscope — (surgery) An instrument used to examine the kidney through an inserted tube.
- netherstock — a stocking
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.