12-letter words containing h, o
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hierographer — a writer of hierographs
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- hierophanies — Plural form of hierophany.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- higashiosaka — a city on S Honshu, in Japan, W of Osaka.
- higgs bugson — (humour) A hypothetical bug predicted to exist based on a small number of possibly related event log entries and vague anecdotal user reports. The Higgs Bugson is difficult to reproduce because you don't really know if it's there, and if it is there what is causing it. To find one you will need a Large Hadron Debugger.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- high concept — a simple and often striking idea or premise, as of a story or film, that lends itself to easy promotion and marketing.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high fashion — haute couture.
- high opinion — a favourable opinion
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high profile — a deliberately conspicuous manner of living or operating.
- high society — society (def 9).
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- high-context — preferring to communicate in person, rather than by electronic methods such as email
- high-powered — extremely energetic, dynamic, and capable: high-powered executives.
- high-profile — prominent publicly
- high-protein — (of a food) rich in proteins
- high-rolling — gambling, spending, or living extravagantly or recklessly: high-rolling gamblers; a high-rolling investor.
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- high-tension — subjected to or capable of operating under relatively high voltage: high-tension wire.
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- high-wrought — highly agitated; overwrought.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hiking boots — stout, sturdy boots, suitable for hiking in
- hill country — hilly area
- hill station — a village, post, or the like, especially in S Asia, at a high altitude where government officials and others can be stationed to escape the great heat of tropical summers.
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hippophagist — a person who eats horseflesh.
- hippophagous — eating horse meat
- hippopotamic — like, of, or relating to a hippopotamus
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- his-lordship — (often initial capital letter) a term of respect used when speaking of or to certain noblemen (usually preceded by his or your).
- hispaniolize — to make someone Spanish in their cultural attitudes, values, speech, etc
- hispanophile — an admirer of Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- hispanophobe — a person who dislikes Hispanic culture or the Spanish language.
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.