10-letter words containing h, o, r, n, y
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- honey bear — a kinkajou.
- honeyberry — genip (defs 2, 3).
- honeyeater — An Australasian songbird with a long brushlike tongue for feeding on nectar.
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- horn poppy — a European plant, Glaucium flavum, of the poppy family, having yellow flowers, naturalized along sandy shores in eastern North America.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrophane — a partly translucent variety of opal, which becomes more translucent or transparent when immersed in water.
- hydrophone — a device for locating sources of sound under water, as for detecting submarines by the noise of their engines.
- hydroplane — a seaplane.
- hydroponic — 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).
- hydrozoans — Plural form of hydrozoan.
- hypaethron — a part of a building or court which is open to the sky
- hyperbaton — the use, especially for emphasis, of a word order other than the expected or usual one, as in “Bird thou never wert.”.
- hypernovae — Plural form of hypernova.
- hyperoodon — (zoology) A whale in the genus Hyperoodon of the order Cetacea, comprising both species of bottlenose whale.
- hyperpnoea — abnormally deep or rapid respiration.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonia — increased rigidity, tension, and spasticity of the muscles.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyphenator — One who, or that which, hyphenates.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
- hypnotizer — One who, or that which, hypnotizes.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypodorian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the ascending diatonic scale from A to A
- hypothenar — the fleshly prominence on the palm at the base of the little finger.
- inhibitory — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
- john henry — Informal. a person's signature.
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- monochromy — the skill of painting or sketching using only a single colour
- monography — A monograph.
- monohybrid — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
- monohydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) monohydroxy.
- monorhymed — rhymed on a single rhyme
- morphogeny — a biological term denoting the origin and development of morphological forms
- mossy horn — an old steer, especially a longhorn with scaly horns.