11-letter words containing r, u, s, o
- horrisonous — sounding dreadful
- 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.
- horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
- 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.
- houseperson — someone who manages a household; househusband or housewife.
- housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
- housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
- houseworker — a paid employee in a home, as a maid or cook.
- humoresques — Plural form of humoresque.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- humourously — (UK, uncommon, nonstandard) alternative spelling of humorously.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- ice-scoured — noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.
- 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.
- icosandrous — belonging to the Icosandria, a class of plants
- icteritious — jaundiced; yellow
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- illusionary — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.
- illustrator — an artist who makes illustrations: an illustrator of children's books.
- illustrious — highly distinguished; renowned; famous: an illustrious leader.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- imponderous — (obsolete) imponderable.
- imposturous — the action or practice of imposing fraudulently upon others.
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.