10-letter words containing h, o, r, n, e
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- infosphere — electronic communication and networking as a whole
- inheritors — a person who inherits; heir.
- inshore of — nearer than (something else) to the shore
- interphone — an intercommunication system using telephones to connect offices, stations, etc., as in a building or ship; intercom.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- ionophores — Plural form of ionophore.
- ionosphere — the region of the earth's atmosphere between the stratosphere and the exosphere, consisting of several ionized layers and extending from about 50 to 250 miles (80 to 400 km) above the surface of the earth.
- iron horse — a locomotive.
- ironhanded — having or governing with an iron hand.
- john deere — John, 1804–86, U.S. inventor and manufacturer of farm implements.
- john henry — Informal. a person's signature.
- john neper — John, Napier, John.
- john rolfe — John, 1585–1622, English colonist in Virginia (husband of Pocahontas).
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- joint heir — a person who shares with another, or others, the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies
- kenilworth — a town in central Warwickshire, in central England, SE of Birmingham.
- korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
- lagerphone — (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. (From 1952.).
- lake huron — a member of an Indian tribe, the northwestern member of the Iroquoian family, living west of Lake Huron.
- landholder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- lederhosen — Leather shorts with H-shaped suspenders, traditionally worn by men in Alpine regions such as Bavaria.
- lienholder — a person who has a lien on particular property.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- longhaired — Having long hair.
- lumen-hour — a unit of luminous energy, equal to that emitted in 1 hour by a light source emitting a luminous flux of 1 lumen. Abbreviation: lm-hr.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- marathoner — a runner who competes in a marathon.
- matterhorn — a mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy, in the Pennine Alps. 14,780 feet (4505 meters).
- menorrhoea — menstrual flow.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mesorrhine — having a moderately broad and high-bridged nose.
- methoprene — a synthetic insect juvenile hormone, C 1 9 H 3 4 O 3 , used as a biological pesticide primarily on mosquito and fly larvae to prevent maturing to the adult state.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- moa hunter — the name given by anthropologists to the early Māori inhabitants of New Zealand
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchize — to carry out the duties or functions of a monarch
- monochrome — a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
- monorhymed — rhymed on a single rhyme
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- moonshiner — a person who distills or sells liquor, especially corn liquor, illegally.
- morgenthau — Henry, 1856–1946, U.S. financier and diplomat, born in Germany.
- morphogene — (genetics) Any gene that is involved in growth or in morphogenesis.
- morphogens — Plural form of morphogen.
- morphogeny — a biological term denoting the origin and development of morphological forms