11-letter words containing p, h, a, r, o, s
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- horse opera — a television or radio program or motion picture about the Wild West, often presented serially and usually dealing with adventures of cowboys, gunmen, gold prospectors, etc. Compare Western (def 8).
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- 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 party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hygrographs — Plural form of hygrograph.
- hyoplastral — of or relating to hyoplastra
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- 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
- joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- macrographs — Plural form of macrograph.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- 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.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- nasopharynx — the part of the pharynx behind and above the soft palate, directly continuous with the nasal passages. Compare oropharynx (def 2).
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
- oral herpes — a disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 1, characterized primarily by a cluster of small, transient blisters chiefly at the edge of the lip or nostril; herpes labialis.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophage — someone who loves or eats oysters
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- paint horse — paint (def 6).
- panchreston — a proposed explanation intended to address a complex problem by trying to account for all possible contingencies but typically proving to be too broadly conceived and therefore oversimplified to be of any practical use.
- paranephros — the adrenal gland
- parishioner — one of the community or inhabitants of a parish.
- parrot-fish — any of various chiefly tropical marine fishes, especially of the family Scaridae: so called because of their brilliant coloring and the shape of their jaws.