11-letter words containing y, e, a, r, h
- monohydrate — a hydrate that contains one molecule of water, as ammonium carbonate, (NH 4) 2 CO 3 ·H 2 O.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycorrhizae — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- nephropathy — any disease of the kidney.
- new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
- ninnyhammer — a fool or simpleton; ninny.
- nonahydrate — (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains nine molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- nyiregyhaza — a city in NE Hungary.
- octahydrate — (chemistry) A hydrate whose solid contains eight molecules of water of crystallization per molecule, or per unit cell.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paedotrophy — the art of raising children
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pastry chef — cook who specializes in patisserie
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- petrography — the branch of petrology dealing with the description and classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phylacteric — of or relating to phylacteries
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- pythagorean — of or relating to Pythagoras, to his school, or to his doctrines.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- rehydration — to restore moisture or fluid to (something dehydrated).
- reprography — the reproduction and duplication of documents, written materials, drawings, designs, etc., by any process making use of light rays or photographic means, including offset printing, microfilming, photography, office duplicating, and the like.
- retinopathy — any diseased condition of the retina, especially one that is noninflammatory.
- rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rhyme royal — a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.
- road hockey — an imitation of the game of ice hockey played typically by children without ice skates on a public road.
- rue the day — If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges