12-letter words containing o, r, c, i, n
- heroic tenor — a tenor with a dramatic voice
- heterophonic — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
- hickory pine — bristlecone pine.
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- hill country — hilly area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- 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
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- 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.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.
- icosahedrons — Plural form of icosahedron.
- idiosyncracy — Alternative spelling of idiosyncrasy.
- idiosyncrasy — A mode of behavior or way of thought peculiar to an individual.
- imperception — lack of perception.
- imperfection — an imperfect detail; flaw: a law full of imperfections.
- importancies — Plural form of importancy.
- imprecations — Plural form of imprecation.
- improvidence — not provident; lacking foresight; incautious; unwary.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in course of — in the process of
- in principio — at or in the beginning; at first.
- in search of — looking for, seeking
- in your face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- in-your-face — involving confrontation; defiant; provocative.
- incarcerator — A person who incarcerates.
- incarnations — Plural form of incarnation.
- incineration — to burn or reduce to ashes; cremate.
- incinerators — Plural form of incinerator.
- inclinometer — Aeronautics. an instrument for measuring the angle an aircraft makes with the horizontal.
- 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.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incoherences — Plural form of incoherence.
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.