12-letter words containing l, e, r, o
- hohenzollern — a member of the royal family that ruled in Romania from 1866 to 1947, in Prussia from 1701 to 1918, and in the German Empire from 1871 to 1918.
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holkar state — a former state of central India, ruled by the Holkar dynasty of Maratha rulers of Indore (18th century until 1947)
- hollow-forge — to produce (a tube or vessel) by trepanning a hole in a forging and expanding it with further forging on a mandrel.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- hoovervilles — a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.
- horn balance — an extension of an aircraft control surface that projects in front of the hinge providing aerodynamic assistance in moving the control
- hornlessness — Absence of horns.
- hornswoggled — Simple past tense and past participle of hornswoggle.
- hornswoggler — Agent noun of hornswoggle: one who hornswoggles.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horribleness — causing or tending to cause horror; shockingly dreadful: a horrible sight.
- horse nettle — a large, prickly North American weed, Solanum carolinense, of the nightshade family, having violet to white flowers in a few clusters.
- horse parlor — a gambling room where people can bet on horse races with a bookmaker.
- horse pistol — a large pistol formerly carried by horsemen.
- horse trials — a competitive sporting event at which riders have to show their skill in dressage, show-jumping, and cross-country
- horse's tail — burro's tail.
- horse-collar — (especially in baseball) a score of zero.
- horse-dealer — a person who buys and sells horses as a profession
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- 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.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- householders — Plural form of householder.
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydrocyclone — A hydrocyclone is a vessel used for separating two liquids with different densities, by the circular movement of fluid.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrogeology — the science dealing with the occurrence and distribution of underground water.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- 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.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- 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.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.