11-letter words containing g, o, r
- herringbone — a pattern consisting of adjoining vertical rows of slanting lines, any two contiguous lines forming either a V or an inverted V , used in masonry, textiles, embroidery, etc.
- herzegovina — a historic region in SE Europe: a former Turkish province; a part of Austria-Hungary 1878–1914; now part of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- heterograft — xenograft.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- high colour — (hardware) A colour depth of 16 (or 15) bits per pixel. Compare true colour.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- highwrought — extremely worked-up or excited
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- 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.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- horned frog — any of various frogs having a marked protuberance on the head, cheek, or upper eyelid.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- horographer — a person who reckons time
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
- horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
- house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
- house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hyalography — the technique of writing or engraving on glass.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
- hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).