11-letter words containing p, h, o, r
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- gopherspace — (networking) The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphomotor — pertaining to the muscular movements in writing.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
- hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- hall porter — concierge
- halomorphic — containing or resulting from the presence of neutral salts or alkaline salts or the presence of both
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- hammer pond — an artificial pond for maintaining a head of water at a water mill.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- haptotropic — relating to haptotropism
- hard porn's — hard-core pornography.
- harmoniphon — an obsolete musical instrument consisting of a mouth tube and keyboard that acts on reeds which vibrate to give a sound similar to an oboe
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harpsichord — a keyboard instrument, precursor of the piano, in which the strings are plucked by leather or quill points connected with the keys, in common use from the 16th to the 18th century, and revived in the 20th.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemimorphic — (of a crystal) having the two ends of an axis unlike in their planes or modifications; lacking a center of symmetry.
- 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.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- henchperson — a loyal supporter, follower, or subordinate
- heptahedron — a solid figure having seven faces.
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- 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.