11-letter words containing e, r, c, h
- 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.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hibernicize — to make Irish in character.
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
- hierarchies — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hierarchise — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchize — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierodeacon — a monk who is also a deacon.
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- 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
- historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- hitchhikers — Plural form of hitchhiker.
- 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.
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home screen — television.
- 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.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homodimeric — Of or pertaining to a homodimer.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homothermic — (biology) warm-blooded.
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- hooded crow — a European crow, Corvus corone cornix, having a gray body and black head, wings, and tail.
- hoodie crow — a subspecies of the carrion crow, Corvus corone cornix, that has a grey body and black head, wings, and tail
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- horse block — a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.
- horse conch — a marine gastropod, Pleuroploca gigantea, having a yellowish, spired shell that grows to a length of 2 feet (0.6 meters).