11-letter words containing h, a, n, o
- homogenates — Plural form of homogenate.
- homoiousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence of the Son is similar to, but not the same as, that of the Father.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- 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
- 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 plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- honey wagon — a wagon or truck for collecting and carrying excrement or manure.
- 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.
- honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
- honor guard — guard of honor.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- honorifical — honorific
- honourarium — Nonstandard spelling of honorarium.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- 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.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horned lark — a lark, Eremophila alpestris, of the Northern Hemisphere, having a tuft of feathers on each side of the crown of the head.
- horned toad — an insectivorous iguanid lizard of the genus Phrynosoma, of western North America, having hornlike spines on the head and a flattened body covered with spiny scales.
- horny coral — a gorgonian.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house agent — a real-estate agent.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- 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.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- house snake — any African snake of the genus Boaedon, some species of which are important mouse and rat catchers in areas of human habitation.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- house-train — to housebreak.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- hua guofeng — 1920?–2008, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1976–80.
- hudson seal — muskrat fur that has been plucked and dyed to give the appearance of seal.
- human error — sb's mistake
- humectation — A moistening.
- humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid