13-letter words containing ho
- helminthology — the scientific study of worms, especially of parasitic worms.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- hexamethonium — a compound, C 10 H 24 N 2 , used in the treatment of severe hypertension to lower blood pressure and increase blood flow by blocking transmission of nerve impulses that constrict blood vessels.
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- high holy day — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- histiophoroid — of or relating to the sailfish
- hobson-jobson — the alteration of a word or phrase borrowed from a foreign language to accord more closely with the phonological and lexical patterns of the borrowing language, as in English hoosegow from Spanish juzgado.
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- hogarth chair — a Queen Anne chair having a solid splat and cabriole legs, all pieces having a cyma curve or outline.
- hognose snake — any harmless North American snake of the genus Heterodon, the several species having an upturned snout and noted for flattening the head or playing dead when disturbed.
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- hold in leash — to control; curb; restrain
- hold the fort — a strong or fortified place occupied by troops and usually surrounded by walls, ditches, and other defensive works; a fortress; fortification.
- hold the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- hold together — not fall apart
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- hollywood bed — a bed consisting of a metal frame, box spring, mattress, and headboard, but lacking a footboard.
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.
- holy mackerel — astonishment
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- homalographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- home assembly — assembly at home of something supplied in pieces
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- home computer — a personal computer used in the home.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- home row keys — home keys
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- home-schooler — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeobox gene — any of a group of genes whose function is to divide the early embryo into bands of cells with the potential to become specific organs or tissues.
- homeomorphism — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeomorphous — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeoteleuton — a series of words with the same or similar endings.
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- homeschoolers — Plural form of homeschooler.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- homiletically — In a homiletic fashion.