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10-letter words containing h, o, n, r, i

  • princehood — the office or rank of a prince
  • print shop — a shop where prints or graphics are sold.
  • prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
  • pyrrhonism — the Skeptic doctrines of Pyrrho and his followers.
  • quickthorn — hawthorn, esp when planted as a hedge
  • radiophone — a radiotelephone.
  • razor-thin — A razor-thin majority or profit is a very small one.
  • rhinestone — an artificial gem of paste, often cut to resemble a diamond.
  • rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
  • rhinolalia — a nasal tone to the voice which is caused by a defect in the nasal passages
  • rhinophyma — a red-coloured bump or bumps on the nose which form as a result of enlarged sebaceous glands and rosacea
  • rhinorrhea — an excessive discharge of mucus from the nose.
  • rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
  • rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • rhinovirus — any of a varied and widespread group of picornaviruses responsible for many respiratory diseases, including the common cold.
  • rhizogenic — producing roots, as certain cells.
  • rhizoplane — the part of the root of a plant that is near the soil surface
  • rhone wine — any of numerous varieties of wine produced in the Rhone River valley, between Lyons and the Mediterranean.
  • ribbonfish — any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.
  • richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
  • richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.
  • right join — outer join
  • ring shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
  • ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
  • robin hood — John Bell, 1831–79, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
  • rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
  • rodfishing — angling or fishing using a fishing rod
  • rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
  • rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
  • ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
  • shirtfront — front of a shirt
  • shoestring — a shoelace.
  • short iron — a club, as a pitcher, pitching niblick, or niblick, with a short shaft and an iron head the face of which has great slope, for hitting approach shots.
  • short line — a bus or rail route covering only a limited distance.
  • short loin — the front part of a loin of beef, from the ribs to the sirloin
  • shortening — butter, lard, or other fat, used to make pastry, bread, etc., short.
  • silverhorn — any of various usually darkish caddis flies of the family Leptoceridae, characterized by very long pale antennae. The larvae are a favourite food of trout
  • smothering — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
  • sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
  • stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
  • synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
  • the minors — the minor leagues, esp. in baseball
  • the orient — the Orient, the countries of Asia, especially East Asia. (formerly) the countries to the E of the Mediterranean.
  • thermionic — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
  • think over — consider, deliberate
  • thirty-one — a cardinal number, 30 plus 1.
  • thorianite — a rare mineral, mainly thoria, ThO 2 , but also containing uranium, cerium, and other rare-earth metals, occurring in small, black, cubic crystals: notable for its radioactivity and used as a minor source of thorium.
  • throttling — Also called throttle lever. a lever, pedal, handle, etc., for controlling or manipulating a throttle valve.
  • trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
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