10-letter words containing oi
- hidalgoish — resembling a hidalgo
- hidalgoism — the position or practice of a hidalgo
- high point — a city in central North Carolina.
- hirudinoid — of, relating to, or resembling a leech.
- hoi polloi — general public, common people
- homaloidal — (of a space or surface, etc) flat, in the form of a plane
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- hydroiodic — (chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and iodine.
- hylozoical — characterized by the theory that all matter possesses life or that life is an essential property of matter
- hyoid bone — the horseshoe-shaped bone that lies at the base of the tongue and above the thyroid cartilage or a corresponding bone or group of bones in other vertebrates
- hyperploid — having a chromosome number that is greater than but not a multiple of the diploid number.
- hypnoidize — to induce a state of sleep
- hypoechoic — Of low echogenicity.
- ichthyoids — Plural form of ichthyoid.
- illinoisan — a native or inhabitant of Illinois.
- inner join — (database) (Commonly "join", but see also "outer join") A relational database operation which selects rows from two tables such that the value in one column of the first table also appears in a certain column of the second table. An example in SQL: select * from A, B where A.x = B.y The column names (x and y in this example) are often, but not necessarily, the same.
- interjoist — a space between two joists.
- interpoint — (transitive) To mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate.
- isoprenoid — pertaining to, derived from, or similar to isoprene.
- jingoistic — the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism.
- join hands — clasp each another's hands
- join issue — to join in controversy
- joint heir — a person who shares with another, or others, the right to inherit a person's money, property, or title when that person dies
- jointuress — A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.
- jointworms — Plural form of jointworm.
- jojoba oil — a valuable oil extracted from the seeds of the jojoba that is used in cosmetics
- juke joint — an establishment where one can eat, drink, and, usually, dance to music provided by a jukebox.
- keep going — persist, continue
- knee joint — articulation of the leg
- knickpoint — a break in the slope of a river profile caused by renewed erosion by a rejuvenated river
- knifepoint — the sharp tip of a knife.
- krivoi rog — a city in SE Ukraine, SW of Dnepropetrovsk.
- lambdoidal — Lambdoid.
- lanthanoid — (inorganic chemistry) lanthanide.
- line noise — (communications) 1. Spurious characters due to electrical noise in a communications link, especially an EIA-232 serial connection. Line noise may be induced by poor connections, interference or crosstalk from other circuits, electrical storms, cosmic rays, or (notionally) birds crapping on the phone wires. 2. Any chunk of data in a file or elsewhere that looks like the results of electrical line noise. 3. Text that is theoretically a readable text or program source but employs syntax so bizarre that it looks like line noise. Yes, there are languages this ugly. The canonical example is TECO, whose input syntax is often said to be indistinguishable from line noise. Other non-WYSIWYG editors, such as Multics "qed" and Unix "ed", in the hands of a real hacker, also qualify easily, as do deliberately obfuscated languages such as INTERCAL.
- loincloths — Plural form of loincloth.
- lumbricoid — resembling an earthworm.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- marketroid — /mar'k*-troyd/ (Or "marketing slime", "marketeer", "marketing droid", "marketdroid") A member of a company's marketing department, especially one who promises users that the next version of a product will have features that are not actually scheduled for inclusion, are extremely difficult to implement, and/or are in violation of the laws of physics; and/or one who describes existing features (and misfeatures) in ebullient, buzzword-laden adspeak. Derogatory.
- memoirists — Plural form of memoirist.
- merozoites — Plural form of merozoite.
- metalloids — Plural form of metalloid.
- meteoroids — Plural form of meteoroid.
- microdroid — [Usenet] A Microsoft employee, especially one who posts to various operating-system advocacy newsgroups. MicroDroids post follow-ups to any messages critical of Microsoft's operating systems, and often end up sounding like visiting Mormon missionaries.
- microimage — A microscopically small image.
- mineraloid — a mineral substance that does not have a definite chemical formula or crystal form.
- minor coin — a coin made of base metal.
- misappoint — to name or assign to a position, an office, or the like; designate: to appoint a new treasurer; to appoint a judge to the bench.
- misjoinder — a joining in one suit or action of causes or of parties not permitted to be so joined.