13-letter words containing h, e, r, s, i, o
- hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
- hyperbolising — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyperhidrosis — abnormally excessive sweating.
- hyperlordosis — Particularly severe lordosis.
- hyperprosexia — a condition in which the whole attention is occupied by one object or idea to the exclusion of others
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypertrophies — Plural form of hypertrophy.
- hypochlorites — Plural form of hypochlorite.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hysterotomies — Plural form of hysterotomy.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- incoherencies — incoherence.
- inspectorship — The condition of being an inspector; the office of an inspector.
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isochromosome — an abnormal chromosome in which the two arms share identical genetic information
- isodrosotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having an equal dew point.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- johore strait — a narrow strait between Malaya and Singapore Island
- joseph lister — Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Regis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ (Show IPA), 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
- joseph ritter — Joseph Elmer, 1891–1967, U.S. cardinal.
- kentish glory — a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings
- kinross-shire — a former county of E central Scotland: became part of Tayside region in 1975 and part of Perth and Kinross in 1996
- kosher pickle — a garlic-flavored pickle, sold especially in Jewish delicatessens.
- krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
- landownership — an owner or proprietor of land.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- lobster shift — Also called lobster trick. dogwatch (def 2).
- luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
- middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
- minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- moderatorship — The position or office of a moderator.
- mohr's circle — a graphical construction enabling the stresses in the cross-section of a body to be determined if the principal stresses are known
- monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
- monochlorides — Plural form of monochloride.
- monotherapies — Plural form of monotherapy.