9-letter words containing oi
- foregoing — previously stated, written, or occurring; preceding: The foregoing paragraph presents the problem.
- forepoint — to predetermine or indicate in advance
- framboise — raspberry.
- free soil — territory in which there is no slavery; esp., any territory in the U.S. where slavery was prohibited before the Civil War
- free-soil — pertaining to or opposing the extension of slavery in the Territories.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- froissart — Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1333?–c1400, French chronicler.
- fungoidal — of, relating to, or caused by a fungus or fungi; resembling a fungus or fungi; fungoid
- fusel oil — a mixture consisting chiefly of amyl alcohols obtained as a by-product in the fermentation of grains.
- galactoid — resembling milk; milky.
- gascoigne — George, 1525?–77, English poet.
- gavialoid — of or resembling gavials
- get going — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
- ghettoise — Alternative spelling of ghettoize.
- ghettoize — Put in or restrict to an isolated or segregated place, group, or situation.
- gneissoid — resembling gneiss.
- goings-on — conduct or behavior, especially when open to criticism: We had never seen such goings-on as at the last dance.
- goitrogen — any goiter-producing substance, as thiouracil.
- gold foil — sheets of gold slightly thicker than gold leaf.
- gonozooid — (zoology) A sexual zooid, or medusoid bud of a hydroid; a gonophore.
- gorilloid — Lb anatomy Resembling (that of) a gorilla.
- granitoid — resembling or having the texture of granite.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- gyp joint — any business establishment that charges excessively for poor-quality service or goods.
- haematoid — resembling blood
- hallooing — Present participle of halloo.
- hard-boil — to boil (an egg) until the yolk and white have become firm or solid.
- harmdoing — the doing of harm
- heavy oil — a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar
- helicoids — Plural form of helicoid.
- heliozoic — denoting or relating to a heliozoan
- heroicity — suitable to the character of a hero in size or concept; daring; noble: a heroic ambition.
- heroicize — heroize.
- heroinism — an addiction to heroin
- herpetoid — reptilian, reptiliform
- hexaploid — having a chromosome number that is six times the haploid number.
- hindooism — the common religion of India, based upon the religion of the original Aryan settlers as expounded and evolved in the Vedas, the Upanishads, the Bhagavad-Gita, etc., having an extremely diversified character with many schools of philosophy and theology, many popular cults, and a large pantheon symbolizing the many attributes of a single god. Buddhism and Jainism are outside the Hindu tradition but are regarded as related religions.
- hip joint — a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the innominate bone.
- hoidenish — Alternative form of hoydenish.
- homegoing — A voyage home.
- hominoids — Plural form of hominoid.
- homoploid — of an organism or a cell whose set of chromosomes exhibits the same degree of ploidy as an organism or cell with which it is compared.
- hoodooing — voodoo.
- hoodooism — the practice of or belief in voodoo.
- humanoids — Plural form of humanoid.
- hydantoin — a colorless, needlelike, crystalline compound, C 3 H 4 N 2 O 2 , used in the synthesis of pharmaceutical substances and resins.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydrofoil — Naval Architecture. a surface form creating a thrust against water in a direction perpendicular to the plane approximated by the surface.
- hylozoism — the doctrine that matter is inseparable from life, which is a property of matter.
- hypnoidal — characterizing a state that resembles mild hypnosis but that is usually induced by other than hypnotic means.