11-letter words containing e, o, h
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homeostases — Plural form of homeostasis.
- homeostasis — 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.
- 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.
- homeotherms — Plural form of homeotherm.
- homeothermy — The state or condition of being homeothermic.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeschools — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homeschool.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homesteaded — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homesteader — the owner or holder of a homestead.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- homeworkers — Plural form of homeworker.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- 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.
- homo-sexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homodimeric — Of or pertaining to a homodimer.
- homoeopathy — Alternative spelling of homeopathy.
- homogametic — producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes.
- homogenated — Homogenized.
- homogenates — Plural form of homogenate.
- homogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
- homogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homogenesis — reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of homogenize.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homogenize.
- homoiotherm — a homoiothermal animal.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homologized — Simple past tense and past participle of homologize.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- homosexuals — Plural form of homosexual.
- homothermal — homoiothermal.
- homothermic — (biology) warm-blooded.
- homozygotes — Plural form of homozygote.
- honest john — Informal. an honest, sincere man. a man so trusting and innocent that he may be easily cheated or deceived.
- honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
- honesty box — a container into which members of the public are trusted to place payments when there is no attendant to collect them
- honey eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- honey mouse — a small agile Australian marsupial, Tarsipes spenserae, having dark-striped pale brown fur, a long prehensile tail, and a very long snout and tongue with which it feeds on honey, pollen, and insects: family Phalangeridae