11-letter words containing o, r, i, s, h, a
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- harmonizers — Plural form of harmonizer.
- harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- 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
- heterotaxis — abnormal or irregular arrangement, as of parts of the body, geological strata, etc.
- hibernators — Plural form of hibernator.
- hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- horseradish — a cultivated plant, Armoracia rusticana, of the mustard family, having small, white flowers.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isodiaphere — one of two or more nuclides in which the difference between the number of neutrons and the number of protons is the same
- janitorship — the office of janitor
- job sharing — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.
- kwashiorkor — a malnutrition disease, chiefly of children, caused by severe protein and vitamin deficiency and characterized by retarded growth, changes in pigmentation, potbelly, and anemia.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaphorist — a creator or user of metaphors
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- mimeographs — Plural form of mimeograph.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misbehavior — improper, inappropriate, or bad behavior.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.