12-letter words containing r, i, c, h, o
- hierophantic — (in ancient Greece) an official expounder of rites of worship and sacrifice.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- high-scoring — (of a football etc match) in which a lot of goals are scored
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hill country — hilly area
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hippocrepian — (of an aquatic organism or plant) shaped like a horseshoe
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historicized — Simple past tense and past participle of historicize.
- histrionical — (British) Alternative form of histrionic.
- holophrastic — using or consisting of a single word that functions as a phrase or sentence.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydrochloric — of or derived from hydrochloric acid.
- hydrocolloid — a substance that forms a colloid when combined with water.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydroxy acid — an organic acid containing both a carboxyl and a hydroxyl group.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypertrophic — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.