13-letter words containing ho
- iontophoresis — a painless alternative to drug injection in which a weak electrical current is used to stimulate drug-carrying ions to pass through intact skin.
- iontophoretic — Of or pertaining to iontophoresis.
- issuing house — a financial institution that engages in finding capital for established companies or for private firms wishing to convert to public companies, by issuing shares on their behalf
- jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- jogging shoes — shoes designed for jogging
- johore strait — a narrow strait between Malaya and Singapore Island
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- joseph hooker — Joseph, 1814–79, Union general in the U.S. Civil War.
- junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- kenwood house — a 17th-century mansion on Hampstead Heath in London: remodelled and decorated by Robert Adam: contains the Iveagh bequest, a noted art collection
- kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
- kneehole desk — a desk with a space for the knees between two side panels
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- lamaze method — a method by which an expectant mother is prepared for childbirth by education, psychological and physical conditioning, and breathing exercises.
- lamellaphones — Plural form of lamellaphone.
- lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
- lechosos opal — a variety of opal having a deep-green play of color.
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- liberty horse — (in a circus) a riderless horse that performs movements to verbal commands
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lissotrichous — having straight hair.
- literacy hour — (in England and Wales) a daily reading and writing lesson that was introduced into the national primary school curriculum in 1998 to raise standards of literacy
- lithoglyptics — The art of cutting and engraving gems.
- lithographing — Present participle of lithograph.
- lithontriptic — of or relating to destroying bladder or kidney stones
- lithotripters — Plural form of lithotripter.
- lithotriptist — a person skilled in breaking and removing stones from the bladder
- lo and behold — Lo and behold or lo is used to emphasize a surprising event that is about to be mentioned, or to emphasize in a humorous way that something is not surprising at all.
- lockwood home — a house built of timber planks that lock together without the use of nails
- lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
- lophotrichous — (biology, of bacteria) Having multiple flagella located at the same point, so that they can act in concert to drive the bacterium in a single direction.
- lord of hosts — Jehovah; God.
- lubber's hole — (in a top on a mast) an open space through which a sailor may pass instead of climbing out on the futtock shrouds.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- lymphocytosis — an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lymphoid cell — a cell in the lymph glands that produces leukocytes.
- lymphomatosis — lymphoma spread throughout the body.
- lymphopoiesis — the formation of lymphocytes.
- lymphopoietin — (protein) A cytokine protein that has a function in T cell maturation.
- lymphosarcoma — a malignant tumor in lymphatic tissue, caused by the growth of abnormal lymphocytes.
- lymphotrophic — carrying nutrients from the lymph to the tissues.
- magnet school — a public school with special programs and instruction that are not available elsewhere in a school district and that are specially designed to draw students from throughout a district, especially to aid in desegregation.
- maid of honor — an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
- manhole cover — a removable metal plate covering a shaft that leads down to a sewer or drain
- mansion house — the residence of the Lord Mayor of London
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.