11-letter words containing y, o, h, i
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- heavy going — a soft and muddy surface to race on
- hectocotyli — Plural form of hectocotylus.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- heterotypic — of or relating to the first or reductional division in meiosis.
- hicky-horse — a seesaw.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high yellow — a term used to refer to a light-skinned black person.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hippety-hop — with a hopping movement
- histiocytes — Plural form of histiocyte.
- histiocytic — Pertaining to connective tissue containing large white blood cells.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- historicity — historical authenticity.
- historyless — Lacking history.
- histotrophy — A form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from its mother in the form of uterine secretions called histotroph.
- hittitology — the study of Hittite language and culture.
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- hoity-toity — assuming airs; pretentious; haughty.
- holiday job — a temporary job taken by a person during their holidays from school, college or university
- holiday pay — the salary a worker receives for days taken off work
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holy family — a representation in art of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- holy willie — a person who is hypocritically pious
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- home equity — the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality: the equity of Solomon. Synonyms: disinterest, equitableness, impartiality, fair-mindedness, fairness, justness, evenhandedness, objectivity; justice, probity. Antonyms: bias, discrimination, inequity, injustice, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness, unreasonableness; injustice.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- homicidally — In a homicidal manner.
- homoallylic — (organic chemistry) Containing a homoallyl radical.
- homogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.