10-letter words containing n, e, r, o
- heterodyne — noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.
- heterogeny — the condition or state of being heterogenous
- heterogony — the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
- heterokont — any organism that possesses two flagella of unequal length. Heterokonts include diatoms and some other algae
- heteronomy — the condition of being under the domination of an outside authority, either human or divine.
- heteronyms — Plural form of heteronym.
- hexaemeron — the six days of the Creation.
- hexahedron — a solid figure having six faces, as a cube.
- hexandrous — (of a plant) having six stamen
- hibernator — Something that hibernates.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hierophant — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- hierophany — A physical manifestation of the holy or sacred, serving as a spiritual eidolon for emulation or worship.
- hindermost — Hindmost.
- hintermost — Most remote; closest to the outer edge or back.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- hoarseness — having a vocal tone characterized by weakness of intensity and excessive breathiness; husky: the hoarse voice of the auctioneer.
- holofernes — (in the Book of Judith) a general, serving Nebuchadnezzar, who was killed by Judith.
- holohedron — a holohedral form or crystal
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- home brand — an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
- home front — the civilian sector of a nation at war when its armed forces are in combat abroad.
- home owner — A home owner is a person who owns the house or flat that they live in.
- home range — the area in which an animal normally lives.
- home-grown — grown or produced at home or in a particular region for local consumption: homegrown tomatoes.
- homeowners — Plural form of homeowner.
- homopteran — homopterous.
- honey bear — a kinkajou.
- honeyberry — genip (defs 2, 3).
- honeyeater — An Australasian songbird with a long brushlike tongue for feeding on nectar.
- honoraries — Plural form of honorary.
- honourable — (British spelling) Alternative form of honorable.
- honourless — Without honour; dishonourable or dishonoured.
- hoodwinker — One who hoodwinks.
- hooktender — (in lumbering) the supervisor of a rigging crew.
- hop garden — a field of hops
- hornblende — a dark-green to black mineral of the amphibole group, calcium magnesium iron and hydroxyl aluminosilicate.
- hornblower — One who, or that which, blows a horn.
- horned owl — any large owl of the genus Bubo, having prominent ear tufts: family Strigidae
- hornedness — The condition of being horned.
- hornrimmed — Alternative form of horn-rimmed.
- horrendous — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horridness — The quality of being horrid.
- horse bean — fava bean.
- horse corn — field corn.
- horsedrawn — Alternative spelling of horse-drawn.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- horsewomen — Plural form of horsewoman.