11-letter words containing i, n, h
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- hodgenville — a town in central Kentucky: birthplace of Abraham Lincoln.
- hoggishness — The quality of being hoggish.
- hohenlinden — a village in S Germany, in Bavaria, near Munich: French victory over the Austrians 1800.
- hold in fee — to own; possess
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hole in one — ace (def 8a).
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- hollowpoint — Alternative form of hollow point.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- home-loving — fond of one's home
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeodomain — (biochemistry, genetics) A folded protein domain that binds to DNA and has a function in transcription.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
- homogenesis — reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of homogenize.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homogenize.
- homoiousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence of the Son is similar to, but not the same as, that of the Father.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- hongshui he — a river in SW China, flowing SE to the Xiang Jiang. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- honorifical — honorific
- honorius ii — (Lamberto Scannabecchi) died 1130, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1124–30.
- honorius iv — (Giacomo Savelli) 1210–87, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1285–87.
- honourarium — Nonstandard spelling of honorarium.
- hoodwinking — Present participle of hoodwink.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hop-picking — the activity of picking hops
- hopping mad — working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
- horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- hormogonium — a portion of filament in blue-green algae that becomes detached and reproduces by cell division.
- hormonelike — Resembling a hormone or some aspect of one.
- horn silver — cerargyrite.
- horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
- horn-rimmed — having the frames or rims made of horn or tortoise shell, or plastic that simulates either of these: horn-rimmed glasses.