12-letter words containing y, t, r, o, i
- hill country — hilly area
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- historiology — (obsolete) a discourse on history.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- holy trinity — Trinity (def 1).
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homoiothermy — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hyannis port — a town in SE Massachusetts, on Nantucket Sound: summer resort.
- hydatidiform — like or resembling a hydatid
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrokinetic — pertaining to the motion of liquids.
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrostatics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the statics of fluids, usually confined to the equilibrium and pressure of liquids.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hydrozincite — a hydrous zinc carbonate, Zn 5 (CO 3) 2 (OH) 6 , an important ore of zinc in some localities.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hyperchaotic — Of or pertaining to hyperchaos.
- hyperfiction — nonlinear fiction created in electronic hypertext form and containing multiple plot developments, endings, etc., that can be evoked interactively.
- hyperostosis — abnormal development of bony tissue.
- hypertension — Pathology. elevation of the blood pressure, especially the diastolic pressure. an arterial disease characterized by this condition.
- hyperthyroid — of, relating to, or having hyperthyroidism.
- hypertrophic — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypochlorite — a salt or ester of hypochlorous acid.
- hypocoristic — endearing, as a pet name, diminutive, or euphemism.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypotrochoid — a geometric curve or pattern formed by following a fixed point on the radial line of a small circle moving around the circumference of a larger circle
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- illustratory — Serving to illustrate.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incoherently — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- inconformity — lack of conformity; failure or refusal to conform; nonconformity.
- incorporeity — the quality of being incorporeal; disembodied existence or entity; incorporeality.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- intercessory — having the function of interceding: an intercessory prayer.