10-letter words containing r, h, o, e
- hemihedron — a substance of hemihedral type
- hemikaryon — a haploid nucleus.
- hemipteron — Alternative form of hemipteran.
- hemitropal — hemitropous
- hemochrome — the red coloring matter of the blood.
- hemorrhage — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhoid — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hemothorax — (medicine) A condition resulting from accumulation of blood in the pleural cavity.
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- henry ford — Elizabeth Bloomer ("Betty") 1918–2011, U.S. First Lady 1974–77 (wife of Gerald R. Ford).
- henry knox — (William) Frank(lin) 1874–1944, U.S. publisher and government official.
- heortology — the study of the history and significance of the feasts and seasons in the ecclesiastical calendar.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heptameron — A literary work whose action covers a period of seven days.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herbivores — Plural form of herbivore.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- herdswomen — Plural form of herdswoman.
- hereabouts — about this place; in this neighborhood.
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
- heriotable — liable for the payment of a heriot
- hermosillo — a state in NW Mexico. 70,484 sq. mi. (182,555 sq. km). Capital: Hermosillo.
- herniation — to protrude abnormally from an enclosed cavity or from the body so as to constitute a hernia.
- herniotomy — correction of a hernia by a cutting procedure.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicized — heroize.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicomic — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- herophilus — died ?280 bc, Greek anatomist in Alexandria. He was the first to distinguish sensory from motor nerves
- herrenvolk — master race.
- herskowitz — Melville (Jean) 1895–1963, American anthropologist.
- herstories — Plural form of herstory.
- hesitatory — Hesitating.
- hesperinos — vesper (def 3).
- heteroatom — an atom other than carbon in the ring structure of a heterocyclic compound.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- heterodont — (of most mammals) having teeth of different types
- heterodoxy — heterodox state or quality.
- heterodyne — noting or pertaining to a method of changing the frequency of an incoming radio signal by adding it to a signal generated within the receiver to produce fluctuations or beats of a frequency equal to the difference between the two signals.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- heterogeny — the condition or state of being heterogenous
- heterogony — the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
- heterokont — any organism that possesses two flagella of unequal length. Heterokonts include diatoms and some other algae
- heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
- heteronomy — the condition of being under the domination of an outside authority, either human or divine.
- heteronyms — Plural form of heteronym.