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11-letter words containing r, e, h, y

  • hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
  • hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
  • high-energy — possessing speed and energy beyond the classical laws of motion, esp of particles which have been accelerated in an accelerator
  • hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
  • historyless — Lacking history.
  • hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • hobby-horse — You describe a subject or idea as your hobby-horse if you have strong feelings on it and like talking about it whenever you have the opportunity.
  • hobbyhorses — Plural form of hobbyhorse.
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • holly berry — a bitter, slightly poisonous berry that grows on holly trees or shrubs
  • holy clover — sainfoin.
  • holy father — a title of the pope.
  • holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
  • holy orders — (used with a singular verb) the rite or sacrament of ordination.
  • holy roller — a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a Pentecostal sect.
  • holy terror — a difficult or frightening person
  • homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
  • homeothermy — The state or condition of being homeothermic.
  • homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
  • honesty bar — an unattended area in a hotel, resort, etc, where patrons may serve themselves drinks and are expected to leave money to pay for them
  • honey eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
  • honey-eater — any of numerous oscine birds of the family Meliphagidae, chiefly of Australasia, having a bill and tongue adapted for extracting the nectar from flowers.
  • honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
  • honeymooner — A person on his/her honeymoon.
  • honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
  • horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
  • house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
  • householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
  • housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
  • huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
  • hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
  • humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
  • hurtleberry — whortleberry.
  • hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
  • hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
  • hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
  • hydroborate — (inorganic chemistry) Any of several anions containing hydrogen bound to boron, especially the simplest one BH4-; any salt or complex containing such an anion.
  • hydrocodone — an opioid analgesic, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
  • hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
  • hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
  • hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
  • hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
  • hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
  • hydrometeor — liquid water or ice in the atmosphere in various forms, as rain, ice crystals, hail, fog, or clouds.
  • hydrometers — Plural form of hydrometer.
  • hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
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