12-letter words containing h, e, r, o, i
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- impoverished — reduced to poverty.
- impoverisher — Someone who impoverishes.
- impoverishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impoverish.
- 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
- in the gross — in bulk; as a whole
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- in the works — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
- in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
- in the wrong — not in accordance with what is morally right or good: a wrong deed.
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- indricothere — a long-necked, long-legged, fossil mammal, Indricotherium transouralicum, related to the rhinoceros and existing 10 to 30 million years ago, possibly the largest and heaviest land mammal.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- interborough — between boroughs.
- intergrowths — Plural form of intergrowth.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- into the red — into debt or an unprofitable financial condition
- introvertish — Introverted.
- ionophoresis — electrophoresis, esp of small ions
- ionospherist — Someone who studies the ionosphere.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- irish coffee — a mixture of hot coffee and Irish whiskey, sweetened and topped with whipped cream.
- iron-hearted — cruel; heartless; unfeeling.
- ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- john bircher — Bircher.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- 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.
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- lincolnshire — a county in E England. 2272 sq. mi. (5885 sq. km).
- lion's share — the largest part or share, especially a disproportionate portion: The eldest son received the lion's share of the estate.
- lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
- lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.