12-letter words containing o, r, a, n, y
- heterokaryon — a cell containing two or more nuclei of differing genetic constitutions.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- honey badger — ratel.
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- hooray henry — a young upper-class man, often with affectedly hearty voice and manners
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydnocarpate — a salt or ester of hydnocarpic acid.
- hydrocarbons — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydrogenated — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypnotherapy — treatment of a symptom, disease, or addiction by means of hypnotism.
- hypochondria — Also, hypochondriasis [hahy-poh-kuh n-drahy-uh-sis] /ˌhaɪ poʊ kənˈdraɪ ə sɪs/ (Show IPA). Psychiatry. an excessive preoccupation with one's health, usually focusing on some particular symptom, as cardiac or gastric problems.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intimidatory — to make timid; fill with fear.
- intolerantly — In an intolerant manner; without toleration.
- intracompany — occurring within a company, especially between employees or branches of the company.
- iontotherapy — (medicine) The therapeutic use of iontophoresis.
- irrationally — without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- k/t boundary — Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary: the time zone comprising the end of the Cretaceous and the beginning of the Tertiary periods
- karyokinesis — mitosis.
- karyokinetic — Of or pertaining to karyokinesis.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives