9-letter words containing r, h, e, o
- houseroom — lodging or accommodation in a house.
- houseware — Homeware.
- housework — the work of cleaning, cooking, etc., to be done in housekeeping.
- hoverport — A terminal for hovercraft.
- howitzers — Plural form of howitzer.
- howsoever — to whatsoever extent or degree.
- humoredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) American standard spelling of humouredly.
- humorless — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humorsome — Alternative form of humoursome.
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hyalomere — the transparent part of a blood platelet, surrounding the chromomere.
- hydrazone — any of a class of compounds containing the group >C=NNH 2 .
- hydrocele — an accumulation of serous fluid, usually about the testis.
- hydrogels — Plural form of hydrogel.
- hydrogens — Plural form of hydrogen.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hydrolize — (intransitive) To undergo hydrolization.
- hydrolyse — Alternative spelling of hydrolyze.
- hydrolyte — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolyze — Break down (a compound) by chemical reaction with water.
- hydroseed — to sow (a field, lawn, etc.) with seed by distribution in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydrosere — a sere originating in water.
- hydrosome — the entire body of a compound hydrozoan.
- hydrovane — a vane on a seaplane conferring stability on water (a sponson) or facilitating take off (a hydrofoil)
- hydroxide — a chemical compound containing the hydroxyl group.
- hygrodeik — A form of hygrometer having wet and dry bulb thermometers, with an adjustable index showing the percentage of moisture in the air, etc.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- hyperbole — obvious and intentional exaggeration.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- hypernova — (astronomy) The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
- hyperonym — (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.
- hyperopia — a condition of the eye in which parallel rays are focused behind the retina, distant objects being seen more distinctly than near ones; farsightedness (opposed to myopia).
- hyperopic — Farsighted; of, having, or pertaining to hyperopia.
- hyperoxia — (pathology) A condition caused by an excess of oxygen in tissues and organs.
- hyperoxic — Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting hyperoxia.
- hypocrite — a person who feigns some desirable or publicly approved attitude, especially one whose private life, opinions, or statements belie his or her public statements.
- hypoderma — hypodermis.
- hyporheic — Denoting an area or ecosystem beneath the bed of a river or stream that is saturated with water and that supports invertebrate fauna which play a role in the larger ecosystem.
- hysteroid — resembling hysteria.
- ideograph — an ideogram.
- in theory — in principle
- inheritor — a person who inherits; heir.
- innholder — innkeeper.
- ionophore — a lipid-soluble substance capable of transporting specific ions through cellular membranes.
- isherwood — Christopher (William Bradshaw) [brad-shaw] /ˈbræd ʃɔ/ (Show IPA), 1904–86, English poet, novelist, and playwright; in the U.S. since 1938.
- isochrone — a line, as on a map, connecting all points having some property simultaneously, as in having the same delay in receiving a radio signal from a given source or requiring the same time to be reached by available transportation from a given center.
- isotheres — Plural form of isothere.
- isotherms — Plural form of isotherm.
- job share — If two people job share, they share the same job by working part-time, for example one person working in the mornings and the other in the afternoons.
- job-share — to share the responsibility and duties of a single full-time job with one or more other employees.