11-letter words containing c, o, s, i
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- histiocytes — Plural form of histiocyte.
- histiocytic — Pertaining to connective tissue containing large white blood cells.
- historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- historicist — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- historicity — historical authenticity.
- historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- histrionics — an actor.
- holluschick — a young male fur seal.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- 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.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- ice-scoured — noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.
- 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.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- iconoscopes — Plural form of iconoscope.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.