11-letter words containing r, i, o, t
- hit or miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- hit-or-miss — careless; inattentive; haphazard: The professor criticized the hit-or-miss quality of our research.
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homoiotherm — a homoiothermal animal.
- homothermic — (biology) warm-blooded.
- honor trick — (in certain bidding systems) a high card or set of high cards that can reasonably be expected to take a trick, the total worth of such cards in a hand being the basis for evaluating its strength and bidding.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horn timber — a timber, often one of several, rising from the sternpost of a wooden vessel to support the overhang of the stern.
- horoscopist — One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- horrisonant — Having an unpleasant sound.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
- hot springs — city in central Ark., adjoining a national park: the park has 47 hot mineral springs: pop. 36,000
- hot working — Hot working is a process in which a metal is shaped under pressure at a fairly high temperature.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- hybernation — Obsolete spelling of hibernation.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
- hydronation — (chemistry) The formation of a complex with hydrogen.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hydrotropic — Biology. turning or tending in a particular direction with reference to moisture.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperinotic — of or suffering from hyperinosis
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- hyponitrite — a salt or ester of hyponitrous acid.
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypothyroid — deficient activity of the thyroid gland.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- i formation — an offensive alignment in which the backs are positioned in line directly behind the quarterback.
- ibritumomab — A monoclonal antibody which is linked with yttrium-90 as the drug ibritumomab tiuxetan.
- ichthyornis — an extinct genus of toothed birds having vertebrae resembling those of fishes.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- icteritious — jaundiced; yellow
- id software — (games) Creators and publishers of the DOOM game for IBM PCs. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Telephone: +1 800-ID-GAMES (Orders only).
- ideopraxist — a person who is impelled to carry out an idea