11-letter words containing h, a, c, i, o
- 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.
- homicidally — In a homicidal manner.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homoallylic — (organic chemistry) Containing a homoallyl radical.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homogametic — producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes.
- 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.”.
- homological — homologous.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homothallic — having all mycelia alike, the opposite sexual functions being performed by different cells of a single mycelium. Compare heterothallic (def 1).
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- honorifical — honorific
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- humectation — A moistening.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hypoacidity — acidity in a lesser degree than is usual or normal, as of the gastric juice.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypocaloric — That is low in dietary calories.
- hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- ichthyoidal — Like a fish; ichthyoid.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
- john calvin — John (Jean Chauvin or Caulvin) 1509–64, French theologian and reformer in Switzerland: leader in the Protestant Reformation.
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.