11-letter words containing h, o, r, i, s, n
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- house-train — to housebreak.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hyperinosis — a blood condition characterized by the presence of excessive levels of fibrin
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- iron sights — conventional non-telescopic sights on a rifle
- isochronism — an isochronal character or action.
- isochronize — to make isochronal.
- isochronous — isochronal.
- janitorship — the office of janitor
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- longshoring — the work or occupation of a longshoreman.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- monitorship — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
- monohybrids — Plural form of monohybrid.
- monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
- moonshiners — Plural form of moonshiner.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nitrostarch — an orange powder, C 1 2 H 1 2 N 8 O 2 6 , soluble in ethanol, used in explosives.
- noirishness — Quality of being noirish.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- northernism — a mannerism or phrase considered typical of northerners
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- orchestrina — (musical instruments) orchestrion.
- orchestrion — a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.