12-letter words containing ome
- fomentations — Plural form of fomentation.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gamesomeness — The quality of being gamesome.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- geometricize — to draw, design, or form in geometrical shapes or patterns.
- gladsomeness — (archaic) gladness.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- gnathostomes — Plural form of gnathostome.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
- gruesomeness — The characteristic or quality of being gruesome.
- handsomeness — The quality of being handsome.
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- heterochrome — heterochromatic.
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- home (in) on — to guide, or be guided as by radar, heat, etc., to (a destination or target)
- home address — the address of one's house or flat
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food
- home country — the country a person comes from
- home machine — 1. Synonym home box. 2. The machine that receives your e-mail. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads e-mail at work.
- home mission — a religious mission operating within the country or territories of the supporting church.
- home posting — an appointment to a position within one's own country
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- home stretch — final stages: of race or journey
- home teacher — private tutor
- home theater — big-screen TV setup
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homelessness — without a home: a homeless child.
- homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
- homeschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of homeschool.
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homesickness — sad or depressed from a longing for home or family while away from them for a long time.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.