11-letter words containing h, o, m, e, p, r
- pitchometer — an instrument embodying a clinometer, for measuring the pitch of a ship's propeller
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
- pre-homeric — of, relating to, or suggestive of Homer or his poetry.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- protophloem — the part of the primary phloem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- smart phone — a device that combines a cell phone with a handheld computer, typically offering Internet access, data storage, email capability, etc.
- speech form — linguistic form.
- spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
- spermophyte — spermatophyte.
- spherometer — an instrument for measuring the curvature of spheres and curved surfaces.
- supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
- tcp 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).
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
- theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
- thermograph — a thermometer that records the temperatures it measures.
- thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
- thermophone — an electroacoustic transducer that forms sound waves by the expansion and contraction of the air adjacent to a conductor that varies in temperature according to the magnitude of the current passing through it; formerly used to calibrate microphones.
- thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
- thermoscope — a device that indicates a change in temperature, esp one that does not measure the actual temperature
- xenomorphic — in an unusual form; having a strange form.
- xeromorphic — of or relating to structural adaptations of xerophytes that help them store water and withstand drought.
- xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.