10-letter words containing o, s, m, u
- hemophilus — a genus of rod-shaped, parasitic, hemophilic bacteria, certain species of which, as H. influenzae or H. suis, are pathogenic for humans and animals.
- hexamerous — consisting of or divided into six parts.
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hippotamus — Obsolete spelling and common present-day misspelling of hippopotamus.
- hologamous — of or relating to an organism having reproductive cells similar in size and structure to the somatic cells.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- homogamous — Botany. having flowers or florets that do not differ sexually (opposed to heterogamous). having the stamens and pistils maturing simultaneously (opposed to dichogamous).
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homogonous — pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- homologues — Plural form of homologue.
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- hoodlumish — like a hoodlum
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- house moss — dust ball or dust balls.
- house moth — either of two species of micro moth, esp the brown house moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- housemates — Plural form of housemate.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- humoresque — a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- humoursome — (archaic) Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- huntswomen — Plural form of huntswoman.
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hylotomous — (of insects) wood-cutting or wood-boring
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- ignivomous — (archaic) Throwing out fire, as a volcano does.
- ignominous — Misspelling of ignominious.
- illuminous — (obsolete) bright; clear.
- immeritous — (obsolete) undeserving.
- immunogens — Plural form of immunogen.
- impervious — not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable: The coat is impervious to rain.
- implexuous — not simple; complicated
- importunes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.