11-letter words containing h, e, r, c, o
- nephrotoxic — Damaging or destructive to the kidneys.
- netherstock — a stocking
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nonachiever — a student who fares poorly in the classroom or has failing grades.
- noncoherent — Not coherent.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.
- ocean perch — redfish (def 1).
- octahedrite — anatase.
- octahedrons — Plural form of octahedron.
- octahydrate — (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
- officership — a person who holds a position of rank or authority in the army, navy, air force, or any similar organization, especially one who holds a commission.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- oligochrome — the brand name of a light filtering device used in photography
- on the rack — If you say that someone is on the rack, you mean that they are suffering either physically or mentally.
- orchestrate — Arrange or score (music) for orchestral performance.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
- orchid tree — a tree, Bauhinia variegata, of the legume family, native to southeastern Asia, having lavender or purple flowers clustered in the leaf axils, cultivated in warm regions.
- orchiectomy — excision of one or both testes; castration.
- orecchiette — small ear-shaped pasta pieces
- orthocenter — the point of intersection of the three altitudes of a triangle.
- orthocentre — Point at which the perpendiculars from the angles of a triangle intersect.
- orthoclases — Plural form of orthoclase.
- orthogenics — the treatment of mentally and emotionally disturbed children
- orthometric — (crystallography) having axes at right angles.
- orthopaedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopedics — (used with a singular verb) the medical specialty concerned with correction of deformities or functional impairments of the skeletal system, especially the extremities and the spine, and associated structures, as muscles and ligaments.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- ostrich egg — the large egg produced by a fast-running flightless African bird, Struthio camelus, that is the largest living bird, with stout two-toed feet and dark feathers, except on the naked head, neck, and legs: order Struthioniformes
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overachieve — to perform, especially academically, above the potential indicated by tests of one's mental ability or aptitude.
- overarching — forming an arch above: great trees with overarching branches.
- overcharged — Simple past tense and past participle of overcharge.
- overcharges — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overcharge.
- overclothes — clothing worn outside other garments.
- overreacher — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overstretch — to stretch excessively.
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- pct theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
- pechora sea — the SE part of the Barents Sea, northwest of Russia
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- phanerozoic — the eon comprising the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic eras.
- photocopier — any electrically operated machine using a photographic method, as the electrostatic process, for making instant copies of written, drawn, or printed material.
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.