12-letter words containing c, o, i, n
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- hill country — hilly area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hoisin sauce — a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- home cooking — home-made food
- home machine — 1. Synonym home box. 2. The machine that receives your e-mail. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads e-mail at work.
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- ibm discount — A price increase. Outside IBM, this derives from the common perception that IBM products are generally overpriced (see clone); inside, it is said to spring from a belief that large numbers of IBM employees living in an area cause prices to rise.
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- ichnospecies — (paleontology) Any species known only from trace fossils, such as footprints, coprolites or nests.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- iconoclastic — attacking or ignoring cherished beliefs and long-held traditions, etc., as being based on error, superstition, or lack of creativity: an iconoclastic architect whose buildings are like monumental sculptures.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- iconological — Of or pertaining to iconology.
- iconomachist — a person who campaigns against the use of icons in religious worship
- iconophilism — a taste for pictures and symbols
- iconophilist — a person with a taste for pictures and symbols
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiodynamics — a system of beliefs in psychology emphasizing the role of the personality in choosing stimuli and in organizing responses.
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.
- imperception — lack of perception.