12-letter words containing h, a, o, r
- henceforward — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry howard — Earl of (Henry Howard) 1517?–47, English poet.
- heptahedrons — Plural form of heptahedron.
- here and now — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.
- here to stay — If you say that something is here to stay, you mean that people have accepted it and it has become a part of everyday life.
- 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.
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood
- heterocercal — having an unequally divided tail, characteristic of sharks, rays, and skates.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
- heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- heterokontan — of or relating to a heterokont
- 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.
- heteroplasty — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heteropteran — A bug of the group Heteroptera.
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- heterosocial — relating to or denoting mixed-sex social relationships
- heterotactic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterotaxis.
- heterothally — the condition of being heterothallic
- heterotopias — Plural form of heterotopia.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- 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.