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

  • marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
  • marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
  • maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
  • mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
  • mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
  • methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
  • micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
  • misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
  • mithramycin — A particular antibiotic drug.
  • monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
  • monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
  • moray firth — an arm of the North Sea projecting into the NE coast of Scotland. Inland portion about 30 miles (48 km) long.
  • murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
  • museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
  • mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
  • mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
  • myelography — the production of myelograms.
  • myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
  • mythography — a written collection of myths.
  • nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
  • naturopathy — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
  • nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
  • new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
  • ninnyhammer — a fool or simpleton; ninny.
  • nonahydrate — (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains nine molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
  • northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
  • nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
  • nyiregyhaza — a city in NE Hungary.
  • octahydrate — (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
  • or anything — You can add or anything to the end of a clause or sentence in order to refer vaguely to other things that are or may be similar to what has just been mentioned.
  • orthography — the art of writing words with the proper letters, according to accepted usage; correct spelling.
  • osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
  • ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
  • overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
  • pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
  • pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
  • pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
  • paedotrophy — the art of raising children
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
  • parapsychic — of or relating to actions of the mind for which there are no scientific explanations
  • parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
  • paratyphoid — Also called paratyphoid fever. an infectious disease, similar in some of its symptoms to typhoid fever but usually milder, caused by any of several bacilli of the genus Salmonella other than S. typhi.
  • parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parochially — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
  • pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
  • pathography — a biography that focuses on the negative elements of its subject.
  • pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
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