12-letter words containing c, y, t, o, h
- hockey skate — a tubular ice skate having a shorter blade than a racing skate and often having a reinforced shoe for protection.
- hockey stick — the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
- holistically — incorporating the concept of holism, or the idea that the whole is more than merely the sum of its parts, in theory or practice: holistic psychology.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- honey bucket — a container for excrement, as in an outdoor toilet.
- honey locust — a thorny North American tree, Gleditsia triacanthos, of the legume family, having small, compound leaves and pods with a sweet pulp.
- host country — nation staging an international event
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hypercoaster — Megacoaster.
- hypercorrect — overly correct; excessively fastidious; fussy: hypercorrect manners.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperreactor — a person who behaves in a hyperreactive manner
- hypertrophic — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypnotically — of or relating to hypnosis or hypnotism.
- hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypoeutectic — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypothalamic — Of or pertaining to the hypothalamus.
- hypothecated — Simple past tense and past participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecator — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypothetical — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypotonicity — Physiology. (of tissue) having less than the normal tone.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteroscopy — (medicine) The examination of the uterus using a hysteroscope.
- ichthyocolla — a fish glue or gelatine used as food or medicine
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- ichthyophagy — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- inchoatively — in an inchoative or rudimentary fashion; initially
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- johnson city — a city in NE Tennessee.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.