11-letter words containing o, r, t, h
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypothyroid — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- hypsometers — Plural form of hypsometer.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- hysterotomy — the operation of cutting into the uterus, as in a Cesarean.
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- 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.
- intergrowth — growth or growing together, as of one thing with or into another.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- iron sights — conventional non-telescopic sights on a rifle
- ironhearted — hardhearted or callous
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- isorhythmic — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- ivory-white — of a creamy or yellowish white in color.
- janitorship — the office of janitor
- john sutter — John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- kantorovich — Leonid Vitalyevich [ley-uh-nid vi-tal-yuh-vich;; Russian lyi-uh-nyeet vyi-tah-lyuh-vyich] /ˈleɪ ə nɪd vɪˈtæl yə vɪtʃ;; Russian lyɪ ʌˈnyit vyɪˈtɑ lyə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, Soviet mathematician and economist: Nobel Prize in Economics 1975.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- katabothron — an underground channel created by water erosion
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- kid brother — younger male sibling
- kinetochore — Biology. the place on either side of the centromere to which the spindle fibers are attached during cell division.
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- let through — to allow to pass (through)
- lethiferous — lethal.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light opera — operetta.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- lithochromy — the art or practice of painting on stone
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- lithotritor — a medical device used to remove kidney and bladder stones non-evasively