12-letter words containing h, a, o, r
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypnotherapy — treatment of a symptom, disease, or addiction by means of hypnotism.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- hypothecator — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in hot water — If you are in hot water, you are in trouble.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- irish potato — potato (def 1).
- iron-hearted — cruel; heartless; unfeeling.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- johnsongrass — a tall perennial sorghum widely used as forage
- johor baharu — a city in S Malaysia, near Singapore.
- johore bahru — a city in and the capital of Johore state, Malaysia, in the S part.
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- joseph brant — Joseph (Thayendanegea) 1742–1807, Mohawk Indian chief who fought on the side of the British in the American Revolution.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- katamorphism — metamorphism at or near the earth's surface: breaks down complex minerals into simpler ones.
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- katharometer — (science) A device used for analyzing gas mixtures by measuring their thermal conductivity.
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kittikachorn — Thanom [thah-nom] /θɑˈnɒm/ (Show IPA), 1911–2004, Thai army officer and statesman: premier 1963–73.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.