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Showing words for HETEROSIS using the English dictionary
9 Letter Words for Heterosis
heterosis, horseiest, isotheres
8 Letter Words for Heterosis
erotesis, esthesio, heisters, hoisters, horsiest, hostries, isostere, isothere, shorties, theories
7 Letter Words for Heterosis
esteros, ethoses, heiress, heister, heriots, herisse, heroess, hessite, heteros, hoister, horstes, hosiers, isoetes, isoster, isotere, orestes, osseter, rehoist, resites, resshot, rosiest, rossite, soirees, sorites, sorties, stereos, stories, threose, toshers, toshier, tossier, trioses
6 Letter Words for Heterosis
either, eoiths, eroses, esters, esther, ethers, heists, hereto, heries, heriot, heroes, herses, hetero, hieros, hirees, hisser, hister, hoises, hoists, horses, horste, horsts, hosers, hosier, hoster, hostie, orites, osiers, ossete, others, reests, reises, reists, resets, reshes, reshoe, reshot, resist, resite, resits, restes, restis, reties, retoss, rhesis, roists, rosets, roshis, rosies, rosits, rostis, seisor, serest, series, serose, setier, setose, sheers, sheets, shiers, shiest, shires, shirts, shoers, shores, shorts, shotes, shrite, sieths, sister, sithes, soiree, sorees, sorest, sorite, sortes, sortie, sothis, steers, stereo, steres, stires, stores, theirs, theres, theses, thesis, threes, throes, tiroes, toeier, toises, torses, tosher, toshes, tosser, tresis, triose, tsores, tsoris
5 Letter Words for Heterosis
eoith, erose, erses, ester, estre, estro, ether, ethos, heirs, heist, heres, heroe, herse, hests, hetes, hiree, hires, hirse, hirst, hists, hoers, hoise, hoist, horse, horst, hoser, hoses, hosts, hotei, ireos, isere, ishes, isort, iters, ither, osier, osset, other, reest, rehoe, reist, reset, resit, rests, retes, rethe, retie, rhies, riots, rises, rites, rithe, roist, roses, roset, roshi, rosit, rosti, rosts, rotes, rotis, seers, seirs, seise, sereh, seres, serio, sesti, sheer, sheet, shere, shets, shier, shies, shire, shirs, shirt, shist, shits, shoes, shore, short, shote, shots, shris, siest, sieth, sires, siros, sites, sithe, soree, sores, sorts, sosie, soths, sotie, ssort, sstor, steer, stere, steri, stero, sties, stire, stirs, store, stosh, teers, tehrs, teise, terse, theer, thees, their, theor, theos, there, these, thore, those, three, throe, tiers, tires, toher, toise, tores, torse, toses, trees, tress, tries, trios, trois, tsere
4 Letter Words for Heterosis
eire, eres, erie, eris, eros, erse, ersh, erst, erth, eses, esse, ests, ethe, eths, heer, heir, here, hero, hers, hert, hest, hete, hets, hies, hire, hiro, hiss, hist, hits, hoer, hoes, hoit, hore, hors, hort, hose, hoss, host, hote, hoti, hots, ires, isos, isth, iter, ores, orth, orts, oses, osse, otis, rees, reet, rehs, reit, rest, rete, rets, rheo, rhet, rhos, ries, riot, rise, rist, rite, rits, roes, roit, rose, ross, rost, rote, roti, rots, seer, sees, seir, seis, seit, seor, sere, sero, sers, sert, sese, seth, sets, shee, sher, shes, shet, shir, shit, shoe, shor, shot, shri, sier, sire, sirs, sise, sish, sist, site, sith, sits, soir, sore, sori, sort, sosh, soth, sots, sris, ster, stie, stir, stor, stre, teer, tees, tehr, thee, thio, thir, this, thor, thos, thro, tier, ties, tire, toes, tore, tori, tors, tose, tosh, toss, tree, tres, trie, trio, tshi
3 Letter Words for Heterosis
eer, ehs, eir, eos, ere, ers, ert, ese, esr, ess, est, eth, hee, hei, heo, her, hes, het, hie, hir, his, hit, hoe, hoi, hor, hos, hot, hrs, hts, ihs, ios, ire, irs, ise, ish, iso, ist, its, oer, oes, ohs, oie, ois, ore, ors, ort, ose, osi, ree, reh, rei, res, rhe, rho, rie, rio, rit, roe, roi, ros, rot, rte, rti, see, sei, ser, set, she, shi, sho, shr, sht, sie, sir, sis, sit, sot, sri, sse, ssh, str, tee, ter, tes, the, tho, tie, tis, toe, toi, tor, tos, tri, trs, tsh, tsi, tss
Definitions for Heterosis
[1] the increase in growth, size, fecundity, function, yield, or other characters in hybrids over those of the parents.
[2] biology another name for hybrid vigour
Words nearby Heterosis
heteroscedastic, heterosex, heterosexism, heterosexual, heterosexuality, heterosis, heterosocial, heterosporous, heterospory, heterostracan, heterostyled
Origin of Heterosis
First recorded in 1910–15, heterosis is from the Late Greek word hetérōsis an alteration. See hetero-, -sis
Word origin for Heterosis
C19: from Late Greek: alteration, from Greek heteroioun to alter, from heteros other, different