11-letter words containing r, o, s, e
- honeyeaters — Plural form of honeyeater.
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- horn silver — cerargyrite.
- horn-spread — (of a horned creature) the distance between the outermost tips of the horns.
- hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
- horse block — a step or block of stone, wood, etc., for getting on or off a horse or in or out of a vehicle.
- horse brass — a brass ornament, originally intended for the harness of a horse.
- horse conch — a marine gastropod, Pleuroploca gigantea, having a yellowish, spired shell that grows to a length of 2 feet (0.6 meters).
- horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
- horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
- horse opera — a television or radio program or motion picture about the Wild West, often presented serially and usually dealing with adventures of cowboys, gunmen, gold prospectors, etc. Compare Western (def 8).
- horse rider — a person riding a horse
- horse sense — common sense.
- horse's ass — a stupid or foolish person.
- horse-coper — coper.
- horse-drawn — A horse-drawn carriage, cart, or other vehicle is one that is pulled by one or more horses.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- horse-trade — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- horseradish — a cultivated plant, Armoracia rusticana, of the mustard family, having small, white flowers.
- horseriders — Plural form of horserider.
- horsetrader — (literally) A person who buys and sells horses, especially one who makes such transactions in a clever or skillful manner.
- 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.
- host number — (networking) The host part of an Internet address. The rest is the network number.
- hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
- house brand — a brand name used by a retailer for a product or product line made specifically for or by the retailer.
- house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
- house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
- house owner — A house owner is a person who owns a house.
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- houseboater — One who lives in a houseboat.
- housebreaks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of housebreak.
- housebroken — (of a pet) trained to avoid excreting inside the house or in improper places.
- housefather — a man responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc.
- householder — a person who holds title to or occupies a house.
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- housekeeper — a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
- housemother — a woman in charge of a residence, especially for children, students, or young women, who acts as hostess, chaperon, and occasionally as housekeeper.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.