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11-letter words containing p, h, o, r, e

  • heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
  • herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • hesperornis — a toothed aquatic bird of the extinct genus Hesperornis, fossils of which are found in rocks of Cretaceous age in Kansas, having the rear legs modified for swimming and reaching a length of more than 4 feet (1.2 meters).
  • heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
  • heteromorph — (zoology) An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
  • heterophemy — The use of one word or phrase when another is meant.
  • heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
  • heterophobe — Someone who suffers from heterophobia.
  • heterophone — A word whose spelling and sound both differ from another\u2019s.
  • heterophony — the simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers.
  • heterophyte — a plant that secures its nutrition directly or indirectly from other organisms; a parasite or saprophyte.
  • heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
  • heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
  • heteropolar — polar (def 4).
  • heteroptics — incorrect or perverted perception of what is seen; hallucinatory vision.
  • heterospory — the production of both microspores and megaspores.
  • heterotopia — misplacement or displacement, as of an organ.
  • heterotroph — Biology. an organism requiring organic compounds for its principal source of food.
  • heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
  • hierophants — Plural form of hierophant.
  • hierophobia — an irrational fear of sacred objects or people
  • hierophobic — a person who suffers from hierophobia
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • hip pointer — a painful bruise or torn muscle at the upper ridge of the pelvis
  • hip-shooter — a person who acts or talks in a rash, impetuous way
  • hipped roof — a roof having sloping ends and sides
  • hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
  • hippodromed — Simple past tense and past participle of hippodrome.
  • hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • holographed — to make by the use of holography.
  • holographer — One who creates holograms.
  • holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
  • home-helper — someone who provides part-time or full-time care for a sick or disabled person at home.
  • homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
  • homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
  • homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
  • homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
  • homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
  • hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
  • hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
  • horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
  • horned pout — a bullhead, especially the brown bullhead.
  • horographer — a person who reckons time
  • horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
  • 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).
  • horse-coper — coper.
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