11-letter words containing h, o, m, e
- other woman — a woman who is romantically or sexually involved with another woman's husband or lover, especially a woman who is having an affair with a married man.
- overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
- panomphaean — understood universally
- pct 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).
- pedomorphic — a speeding up of the rate of development, resulting in an adult form that has the appearance of its larval or juvenile ancestor.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- phanerogams — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- phonemicize — to transcribe into phonemic symbols.
- phoneticism — a phonetic scheme of writing
- photometric — the measurement of the intensity of light or of relative illuminating power.
- photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
- 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.
- pneumathode — a band or pore of aerating tissue, esp along the stipes of ferns
- 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.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
- psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- remand home — a detention home for juvenile offenders aged 8–16 years.
- remote echo — (communications) (Obsolete: "full-duplex") A mode of operation of communicating programs or devices in which the sending system does not display the characters the user enters, but only sends them to the remote system which then "echoes" them back to be displayed to the user. This lets the operator see not only typing errors, but also transmission errors. This is now the usual mode of most systems with remote users. Contrast: local echo.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rheotropism — the effect of a current of water upon the direction of plant growth.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- rhyme royal — a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.
- right money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- river-mouth — an estuary
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- rompishness — the state or condition of being rompish
- room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- room mother — a female volunteer, often the mother of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.