11-letter words containing r, e, a, h, o
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
- hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
- hydroxyurea — a synthetic compound, CH 4 N 2 O 2 , used in cancer therapy.
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hymenoptera — hymenopteran.
- hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
- hyperborean — Classical Mythology. one of a people supposed to live in a land of perpetual sunshine and abundance beyond the north wind.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hyperdorian — of or related to the mode above the Dorian mode in ancient Greek music
- hypernormal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- 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.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- 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.
- hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- ironhearted — hardhearted or callous
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isodiaphere — one of two or more nuclides in which the difference between the number of neutrons and the number of protons is the same
- joseph raff — Joseph Joachim, 1822–82, Swiss composer.
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- jure humano — by human law.
- karate chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- karate-chop — a sharp blow used in karate, usually delivered by a slanting stroke with the side of the hand.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- kinetograph — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kohanga reo — an infant class in which the lessons are conducted in Māori
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- la chorrera — a city in central Panama, just W of the Panama Canal.
- la rochelle — a department in W France. 2792 sq. mi. (7230 sq. km). Capital: La Rochelle.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- land-holder — a holder, owner, or occupant of land.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- leaf-hopper — any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests.
- leafhoppers — Plural form of leafhopper.
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.