12-letter words containing h, a, o, r, i
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- heliotherapy — treatment of disease by means of sunlight.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heterophobia — Fear or resentment of what is different.
- heterophoria — a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.
- heteroplasia — the replacement of normal cells by abnormal cells, as in cancer.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotactic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterotaxis.
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hexachloride — a chloride containing six atoms of chlorine.
- hexafluoride — a fluoride containing six atoms of fluorine.
- hexobarbital — a barbiturate with hypnotic and sedative properties
- hibernations — Plural form of hibernation.
- hide or hair — the pelt or skin of one of the larger animals (cow, horse, buffalo, etc.), raw or dressed.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hierocracies — Plural form of hierocracy.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- hit the road — a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or paved surface, made for traveling by motor vehicle, carriage, etc., between two or more points; street or highway.
- hkakabo razi — the highest peak in Myanmar, in Kachin state, in the N. 19,294 feet (5881 meters).
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horatian ode — an ode consisting of several stanzas all of the same form.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.