11-letter words containing m, h, o, r
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmoniphon — an obsolete musical instrument consisting of a mouth tube and keyboard that acts on reeds which vibrate to give a sound similar to an oboe
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- harmonizers — Plural form of harmonizer.
- harmonizing — Present participle of harmonize.
- harmonogram — the image produced by a harmonograph
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemimorphic — (of a crystal) having the two ends of an axis unlike in their planes or modifications; lacking a center of symmetry.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemorrhaged — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hemorrhage.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hemosiderin — a yellowish-brown protein containing iron, derived chiefly from hemoglobin and found in body tissue and phagocytes, especially as the result of disorders in iron metabolism and the breakdown of red blood cells.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
- heteroatoms — Plural form of heteroatom.
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heteromorph — (zoology) An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
- heterophemy — The use of one word or phrase when another is meant.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heterotherm — Any heterothermic organism.
- hexahemeron — hexaemeron.
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hippodromic — of or relating to a hippodrome
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- histrionism — Histrionic behaviour.