11-letter words containing y, c, h, r
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterocercy — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- historicity — historical authenticity.
- hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- horny coral — a gorgonian.
- huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- hybrid chip — an integrated circuit that comprises both diffused active devices and thin-film components.
- hybrid corn — a crossbred corn, especially the grain of corn developed by hybridization of repeatedly self-pollinated, and therefore genetically pure, varieties.
- hybrid rock — an igneous rock formed by molten magma incorporating pre-existing rock through which it passes
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrobromic — of or derived from hydrobromic acid.
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrochoric — of or relating to dispersing seeds through water or to a hydrochore
- hydrocodone — an opioid analgesic, C 18 H 21 NO 3 , used to treat moderate to severe pain.
- hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrophilic — having a strong affinity for water.
- hydrophobic — of or relating to hydrophobia.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopes — Plural form of hydroscope.
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- 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.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hylomorphic — (of a creature) composed of corporeal and spiritual matter.
- hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
- hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercharge — a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hypercritic — a person who is excessively or captiously critical.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperechoic — Of high echogenicity.
- hyperemetic — characterized by extreme and unrelenting vomiting