11-letter words containing p, r, o, h, i
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- 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.
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrophilic — having a strong affinity for water.
- hydrophobia — rabies.
- hydrophobic — of or relating to hydrophobia.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrotropic — Biology. turning or tending in a particular direction with reference to moisture.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hylomorphic — (of a creature) composed of corporeal and spiritual matter.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hyperechoic — Of high echogenicity.
- hyperinosis — a blood condition characterized by the presence of excessive levels of fibrin
- hyperinotic — of or suffering from hyperinosis
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hyperorexia — compulsive overeating
- hyperovaria — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
- hyperoxemia — abnormal acidity of the blood.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypervisors — Plural form of hypervisor.
- hypocaloric — That is low in dietary calories.
- hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
- hypochromic — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
- hypocorisms — Plural form of hypocorism.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypocrisies — a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- hypomorphic — showing a loss of gene function
- hyponitrite — a salt or ester of hyponitrous acid.
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypothyroid — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.