11-letter words containing i, s, c, h, o, r
- heteroptics — incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- historicist — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- historicity — historical authenticity.
- historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- histrionics — an actor.
- horoscopist — One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- hydroponics — 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).
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hypocorisms — Plural form of hypocorism.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypocrisies — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- ionospheric — Of or pertaining to the ionosphere.
- ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
- isochronism — an isochronal character or action.
- isochronize — to make isochronal.
- isochronous — isochronal.
- isorhythmic — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.