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12-letter words containing h, o, t, r, l

  • horse's tail — burro's tail.
  • horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
  • hostile fire — an unintentional fire, from which any resulting loss can be claimed as an insurance liability (opposed to friendly fire).
  • hotel worker — a person who works in the hotel industry
  • hotelkeepers — Plural form of hotelkeeper.
  • hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
  • hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
  • hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
  • hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
  • hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
  • hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
  • hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
  • hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
  • hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
  • hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
  • hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
  • ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
  • in the world — the earth or globe, considered as a planet.
  • incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
  • inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
  • ischiorectal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the region between the rectum and the ischial tuberosity.
  • isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
  • keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
  • kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
  • lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
  • lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
  • last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
  • leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
  • leatherbound — Bound in leather.
  • leatherwoods — Plural form of leatherwood.
  • leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
  • leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
  • life history — the series of living phenomena exhibited by an organism in the course of its development from inception to death.
  • light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
  • lion-hearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
  • liothyronine — A form of thyroid hormone used to treat hypothyroidism and myxedema coma.
  • lithographed — Simple past tense and past participle of lithograph.
  • lithographer — a person who works at lithography.
  • lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
  • litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
  • lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
  • lithospheric — Of or pertaining to the lithosphere.
  • lithotripter — a device used for fragmenting kidney stones with ultrasound waves.
  • lithotriptic — causing the destruction of bladder stones
  • lithotritise — to perform a lithotrity
  • lithotritize — to perform a lithotrity on
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