13-letter words containing h, o, c
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- horologically — of or relating to horology.
- horrification — That which causes horror.
- horror-struck — stricken with horror; horrified; aghast.
- hors concours — noting an artist, architect, or the like, not competing or not qualified to compete for the prizes in an exhibit or competition.
- horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- hortus siccus — a collection of dried plants; herbarium.
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hospital case — a patient that is being, or needs to be, treated in a hospital
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- host-specific — capable of living solely on or in one species of host, as a parasite that infests only chickens.
- hostel school — (in Canada) one of a series of boarding schools operated by the federal government in the northern territories for Indian and Eskimo students.
- hot chocolate — warm drink made with chocolate powder
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
- house cricket — a dark brown cricket, Acheta domesticus, having a light-colored head with dark crossbands, commonly occurring throughout North America and Europe, where it may be an indoor pest.
- house officer — a doctor who is the most junior member of the medical staff of a hospital, usually resident in the hospital
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- how's tricks? — how are you?
- human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrochloride — a salt, especially of an alkaloid, formed by the direct union of hydrochloric acid with an organic base that makes the organic constituent more soluble.
- hydrocolloids — Plural form of hydrocolloid.
- hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hydroelectric — pertaining to the generation and distribution of electricity derived from the energy of falling water or any other hydraulic source.
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hydropathical — Alternative form of hydropathic.
- hydrostatical — Alternative form of hydrostatic.
- hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperdicrotic — having or pertaining to a double beat of the pulse for each beat of the heart.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypermetropic — Exhibiting or relating to hypermetropia.
- hyperproducer — an increased or rapid producer
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxicity — the quality, relative degree, or specific degree of being toxic or poisonous: to determine the toxicity of arsenic.
- hypervelocity — extremely high velocity, as of projectiles, space vehicles, or accelerated nuclear particles.
- hypo-chondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.