10-letter words containing d, h, o
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hydroponic — 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).
- hydropower — hydroelectric power.
- hydrorhiza — the rootlike base of a hydroid colony, by which it is attached to the substratum.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydroseres — Plural form of hydrosere.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hydrosomal — of or relating to a hydrosome
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrostats — Plural form of hydrostat.
- hydrotaxis — oriented movement toward or away from water.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hydrotrope — (chemistry) A compound that solubilizes hydrophobic compounds in aqueous solutions.
- hydroxides — Plural form of hydroxide.
- hydroxylic — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups.
- hydrozoans — Plural form of hydrozoan.
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hyperoodon — (zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.
- hyperoxide — superoxide.
- hyperploid — having a chromosome number that is greater than but not a multiple of the diploid number.
- hyphopodia — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypnoidize — to induce a state of sleep
- hypnopedia — sleep learning.
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotized — to put in the hypnotic state.
- hypoadenia — a deficiency of glandular activity.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- ichthyoids — Plural form of ichthyoid.
- ideographs — an ideogram.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- idiopathic — of unknown cause, as a disease.
- idiophones — Plural form of idiophone.
- idiophonic — Of, pertaining to, or produced by an idiophone.
- inch-pound — one-twelfth of a foot-pound. Abbreviation: in-lb.
- indophenol — a quinonimine derivative that is the parent substance of the blue and green indophenol dyes.
- infanthood — Infancy.
- inholdings — Plural form of inholding.
- irish lord — any of several marine sculpins of the genus Hemilepidotus, found from Alaska to northern California.
- ironhanded — having or governing with an iron hand.
- island-hop — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- jobholders — Plural form of jobholder.
- john deere — John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands