11-letter words containing e, c, h, o
- herb doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
- heroin chic — the perceived glamorization of heroin and the characteristics associated with heroin addicts, such as gauntness and hollow eyes
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterocercy — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- heteroptics — incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- heterotaxic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterotaxis.
- heterotelic — (of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.
- heterotrich — any ciliate of the suborder Heterotricha, having the body covered uniformly with short cilia.
- heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- 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
- histiocytes — Plural form of histiocyte.
- 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)
- hod carrier — a mason's assistant whose work is to carry hods of materials to the mason.
- hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
- hokey cokey — a Cockney song with a traditional dance routine to match the words
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home office — the main office of a company.
- home screen — television.
- home-school — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeopathic — of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.
- 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.
- homeschools — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homeschool.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- homewrecker — One who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.