11-letter words containing o, n, a, s, i
- 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
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- high season — period of greatest activity
- hindoostani — a standard language and lingua franca of northern India based on a dialect of Western Hindi spoken around Delhi. Abbreviation: Hind. Compare Hindi (def 2), Urdu.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- homoiousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence of the Son is similar to, but not the same as, that of the Father.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypokinesia — abnormally diminished muscular function or mobility.
- hyposthenia — abnormal lack of strength; weakness.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- iconostasis — a partition or screen on which icons are placed, separating the sanctuary from the main part of the church.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- icosandrian — (of a plant) having at least twenty stamens
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- idolisation — Alternative spelling of idolization.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- ignorantest — (nonstandard) Superlative form of ignorant.
- ignorantism — The support or promotion of ignorance.
- illusionary — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.
- immolations — Plural form of immolation.
- immunoassay — any laboratory method for detecting a substance by using an antibody reactive with it.
- impassioned — filled with intense feeling or passion; passionate; ardent.
- impersonate — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- imputations — Plural form of imputation.
- in contrast — If one thing is in contrast to another, it is very different from it.
- in personam — (of a judicial act) directed against a specific person or persons
- in-stead of — as a substitute or replacement; in the place or stead of someone or something: We ordered tea but were served coffee instead.
- incapacious — Not capacious; narrow, small, weak, or foolish.
- incensation — (Roman Catholic Church) The offering of incense.
- incitations — Plural form of incitation.
- incompassed — Simple past tense and past participle of incompass.
- inconsonant — not consonant or in accord.
- inconstancy — not constant; changeable; fickle; variable: an inconstant friend.
- incubations — Plural form of incubation.
- indications — Plural form of indication.