11-letter words containing m, h, o
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- hippocampal — of or relating to the hippocampus.
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippodamist — a horse-tamer
- hippodamous — horse-taming
- hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hippodromic — of or relating to a hippodrome
- hippopotami — 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.
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- histrionism — Histrionic behaviour.
- hit or miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- hit-or-miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- ho chi minh — 1890?–1969, North Vietnamese political leader: president of North Vietnam 1954–69.
- holman hunt — (James Henry) Leigh [lee] /li/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
- holoenzymes — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holomorphic — analytic (def 5).
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holy family — a representation in art of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus.
- holy moley! — an exclamation indicating surprise or astonishment
- holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
- home baking — such things as bread, cakes and biscuits that are baked at home
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home equity — the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality: the equity of Solomon. Synonyms: disinterest, equitableness, impartiality, fair-mindedness, fairness, justness, evenhandedness, objectivity; justice, probity. Antonyms: bias, discrimination, inequity, injustice, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness, unreasonableness; injustice.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- home office — the main office of a company.
- home screen — television.
- home waters — territorial waters
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- home-helper — someone who provides part-time or full-time care for a sick or disabled person at home.
- home-loving — fond of one's home
- home-school — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeodomain — (biochemistry, genetics) A folded protein domain that binds to DNA and has a function in transcription.
- homeomerous — showing or relating to homeomery; consisting of similar parts
- homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
- homeopathic — of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homeostases — Plural form of homeostasis.
- homeostasis — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homeotherms — Plural form of homeotherm.
- homeothermy — The state or condition of being homeothermic.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeschools — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homeschool.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.