11-letter words containing r, h, o
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- holomorphic — analytic (def 5).
- holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
- 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 spirit — the spirit of God.
- holy terror — a difficult or frightening person
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- home screen — television.
- home waters — territorial waters
- home-helper — someone who provides part-time or full-time care for a sick or disabled person at home.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- homeomerous — showing or relating to homeomery; consisting of similar parts
- homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
- homeotherms — Plural form of homeotherm.
- homeothermy — The state or condition of being homeothermic.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- homesteader — the owner or holder of a homestead.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- homeworkers — Plural form of homeworker.
- homeworking — Working from home, especially when in electronic contact with a central office.
- homewrecker — One who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homodimeric — Of or pertaining to a homodimer.
- homogenizer — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homoiotherm — a homoiothermal animal.
- homomorphic — pertaining to two sets that are related by a homomorphism.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
- homopterans — Plural form of homopteran.
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- homosporous — having the spores of one kind only.
- homothermal — homoiothermal.
- homothermic — (biology) warm-blooded.
- 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.
- honor bound — bound by or placed under the obligation of honor: She felt honor-bound to defend her friend.