11-letter words containing h, o, p, e
- heterotroph — Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
- heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
- hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- hip pointer — a painful bruise or torn muscle at the upper ridge of the pelvis
- hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
- hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
- hippety-hop — with a hopping movement
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hodgepodges — Plural form of hodgepodge.
- hokey-pokey — hocus-pocus; trickery.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- home-helper — someone who provides part-time or full-time care for a sick or disabled person at home.
- homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
- homeopathic — of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homoeopathy — Alternative spelling of homeopathy.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- hopscotched — Simple past tense and past participle of hopscotch.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
- horographer — a person who reckons time
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- horse opera — a television or radio program or motion picture about the Wild West, often presented serially and usually dealing with adventures of cowboys, gunmen, gold prospectors, etc. Compare Western (def 8).
- horse-coper — coper.
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- hotelkeeper — a manager or owner of a hotel.