11-letter words containing o, s, m, i, r
- harmonising — Present participle of harmonise.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- harmonizers — Plural form of harmonizer.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hemosiderin — a yellowish-brown protein containing iron, derived chiefly from hemoglobin and found in body tissue and phagocytes, especially as the result of disorders in iron metabolism and the breakdown of red blood cells.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- highbrowism — Highbrow attitudes and policies generally.
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- histrionism — Histrionic behaviour.
- hit or miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- hit-or-miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypocorisms — Plural form of hypocorism.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- ignorantism — The support or promotion of ignorance.
- immobiliser — Something or someone that immobilises.
- immoralists — Plural form of immoralist.
- immortalise — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortelles — Plural form of immortelle.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impersonate — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- imprecision — not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- impresarios — Plural form of impresario.
- impressions — Plural form of impression.
- imprisoning — Present participle of imprison.
- improvisate — To improvise; to extemporize.
- improvisers — Plural form of improviser.
- improvising — Present participle of improvise.
- improvision — (obsolete) The lack of provision, a failure to provide something.
- in personam — (of a judicial act) directed against a specific person or persons
- in terms of — a word or group of words designating something, especially in a particular field, as atom in physics, quietism in theology, adze in carpentry, or district leader in politics.
- indemnitors — a person or company that gives indemnity.
- indorsement — approval or sanction: The program for supporting the arts won the government's endorsement.
- informatics — the study of information processing; computer science.
- insectiform — resembling an insect