11-letter words containing h, i, t, r
- 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.
- orthopedist — (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.
- orthophyric — of or relating to a texture in which the groundmass is characterized by closely packed, short, quadrilateral crystals of feldspar larger than those in a trachytic groundmass.
- orthopnoeic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- orthopraxia — the correction of deformities; orthopedics.
- orthoscopic — pertaining to, characterized by, or produced by normal vision.
- orthostatic — relating to or caused by erect posture.
- orthostichy — a vertical rank or row.
- orthotropic — Botany. noting, pertaining to, or exhibiting a mode of vertical growth.
- 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.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- overfreight — to load too heavily
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- overheating — heating (something) excessively
- overhunting — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- overnighted — for or during the night: to stay overnight.
- overnighter — an overnight stay or trip.
- overtighten — to tighten too much
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- paperweight — a small, heavy object of glass, metal, etc., placed on papers to keep them from scattering.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- parachutist — sb who makes parachute jumps
- parataniwha — a New Zealand plant, Elatostema rugosa, with pink and red serrated leaves
- parathyroid — situated near the thyroid gland.
- paratrophic — obtaining nourishment from living organic matter; parasitic.
- 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.
- parenthesis — either or both of a pair of signs () used in writing to mark off an interjected explanatory or qualifying remark, to indicate separate groupings of symbols in mathematics and symbolic logic, etc.
- parenthetic — of, pertaining to, noting, or of the nature of a parenthesis: several unnecessary parenthetic remarks.
- paresthesia — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- paresthetic — an abnormal sensation, as prickling, itching, etc.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.
- partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
- pathoformic — Pathology. pertaining to the beginning of a disease, especially to symptoms that occur in the preliminary stages of mental disease.
- patriarchal — of or relating to a patriarch, the male head of a family, tribe, community, church, order, etc.: my father's conservative, patriarchal ways.
- patron-ship — a person who is a customer, client, or paying guest, especially a regular one, of a store, hotel, or the like.
- patroonship — a person who held an estate in land with certain manorial privileges granted under the old Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey.
- pear thrips — a minute, slender-bodied insect, Taeniothrips inconsequens, that eats the blossoms of flowering plants and is a common pest of pear, maple, almond, apple, and other trees in the eastern U.S.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- penthemimer — a unit in poetry consisting of two and a half metrical feet
- perihepatic — surrounding the liver; located around the liver
- peristalith — a group of stones encircling a mound, dolmen, or the like.
- perithecial — of, pertaining to, or having a perithecium
- perithecium — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- perithelium — the connective tissue surrounding certain small vessels, as capillaries.
- persichetti — Vincent, 1915–87, U.S. composer.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- petrarchist — a person who imitates the literary style employed by Petrarch, especially the poets of the English Renaissance who employed the Petrarchan sonnet style.