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11-letter words containing h, a, y, r

  • hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
  • hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
  • hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
  • hyperthymia — a condition characterized by extreme overactivity.
  • hypervalent — (chemistry) having a higher than normal valence.
  • hypocaloric — That is low in dietary calories.
  • hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
  • hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
  • hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
  • hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
  • hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
  • hypopharynx — Entomology. a tonguelike lobe on the floor of the mouth in many insects.
  • hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
  • hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
  • hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
  • hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
  • hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
  • hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
  • ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
  • 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.
  • in chancery — (of a suit) pending in a court of equity
  • infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
  • inheritably — capable of being inherited.
  • intrathymic — Within the thymus.
  • keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
  • khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
  • krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
  • kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
  • labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
  • labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
  • lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
  • lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
  • lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
  • lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
  • laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
  • lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
  • lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
  • lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
  • lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
  • lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
  • lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
  • macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
  • macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
  • macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
  • macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
  • mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
  • mammy chair — a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell.
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