12 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
hippopotamus
10 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
photomappi, potamophis
9 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
photomaps, photopias, photopsia
8 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
opsimath, photomap, photopia, posthuma
7 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
apoious, atishoo, hospita, impasto, mahouts, mappist, mishapt, oompahs, opposit, outpomp, papoosh, pappous, photism, photoma, pomphus, pompist, pompous, poppish, poppits, popshop, positum, potshop, psophia, shampoo, spatium, tappish, tophous, uphoist, upshoot, upstamp, utopias, utopism
6 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
amotus, appuis, ashpit, asouth, aspout, astoop, autism, hamous, hiatus, hippos, hippus, huppot, hutias, impost, impots, mahout, maoist, maputo, mashup, matipo, miaous, mishap, misput, mopish, mouths, oompah, oomphs, opiums, optima, ostium, outish, outpop, papish, papism, papist, pappus, pashim, pashto, pathos, patios, patois, phaius, photom, photos, pistou, pithos, poisha, poitou, pomato, popish, poppas, poppit, popups, postop, potash, pothos, putois, samohu, sappho, shapoo, shippo, shtoom, sipapu, smooth, sophia, sophta, spatio, sumpit, taoism, tapism, thomas, thumps, timous, tomish, tophus, uphasp, upmast, upmost, uppish, upshot, utopia
5 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
aitus, amish, amphi, aotus, aphis, apios, apish, apism, apium, apoop, apout, appmt, appui, ashot, atmos, atoms, autos, hamus, haust, hippo, hoast, hoist, homos, hoops, hoots, hopis, hoppo, hosta, houts, huias, humas, humit, humps, hupot, hutia, impot, imput, iotas, isthm, maist, mashi, matis, matsu, mauts, miaou, moats, mohos, moist, moits, moops, moosa, moost, mooth, moots, mopus, moths, motus, moups, moust, mouth, mphps, muist, musha, musit, musth, mutis, oaths, ohias, omits, oomph, opahs, opium, oppos, ostia, otium, ouphs, ousia, outas, pahmi, pahos, papio, pappi, pashm, pasmo, pasto, paths, patio, phasm, photo, phots, phuts, pimas, pimps, pious, pipas, pishu, pismo, pisum, pitas, pitau, piths, piums, pomos, pompa, pomps, poohs, poops, poots, poppa, popup, posho, posit, potos, potus, poupt, pouts, psoai, puist, pumas, pumps, saith, sampi, sapit, shaup, shipt, shita, shoat, shooi, shoop, shoot, shout, shtum, shtup, sitao, smith, smoot, smout, soapi, sooth, sophi, sotho, south, spahi, spait, spath, spoom, spoot, spout, sputa, staio, stamp, staph, staup, stipa, stipo, stoai, stoma, stomp, stoop, stopa, stoup, stump, stupa, stupp, sumph, sumpt, suomi, taipo, taish, tamis, tamps, tamus, tapis, tapus, taupo, thaim, thoom, thous, thump, timps, tipup, tohos, tomia, tooms, toosh, topas, topau, tophi, tophs, topia, topoi, topos, tuism, tumps, umist, umphs, uppop, upsit
4 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
ahum, aims, aith, aits, aitu, amis, amit, amos, amps, amus, apio, apis, apps, appt, apsu, apts, apus, asio, asop, atip, atis, atmo, atom, atop, auth, auto, hait, hami, hams, haps, hapu, hasp, hast, hats, haum, haut, himp, hims, hips, hipt, hist, hits, hoas, hoit, homo, hoom, hoop, hoos, hoot, hopi, hops, hosp, host, hoti, hots, hout, huia, huis, huma, hump, hums, hupa, hups, huso, hust, huts, imps, iota, ipso, isth, itas, itmo, mahu, maoi, mapo, maps, mash, mast, masu, math, mats, maui, maut, mhos, mias, mips, miso, mist, moas, moat, moha, moho, moio, moit, mooi, moop, moos, moot, moph, mops, mosh, most, mota, moth, mots, motu, moup, mous, mout, musa, mush, muso, must, muta, muth, muti, muts, oahu, oast, oath, oats, ohia, ohio, ohms, ohos, omao, omit, oohs, ooms, oops, oots, opah, opai, oppo, opts, opus, osha, otis, otus, ouph, oups, oust, outa, outs, pahi, paho, pahs, paip, pais, pams, paps, pash, pasi, paso, past, path, pato, pats, patu, paup, paut, phat, phis, phit, phoo, phos, phot, phut, pias, pima, pimp, pipa, pips, pisa, pish, piso, pist, pita, pith, pits, piua, pium, pius, poas, poha, pohs, pois, pomo, pomp, poms, pooa, pooh, poop, poos, poot, pops, posh, post, poti, pots, pout, psha, psia, ptah, ptui, puma, pump, pupa, pups, push, puts, saim, saip, samh, sami, samp, sapo, sati, saum, saut, sham, shap, shia, shim, ship, shit, shmo, shoo, shop, shot, shou, shpt, shua, shut, siam, sima, simp, sita, sith, situ, sium, smut, soam, soap, soho, soma, soom, soop, soot, soph, soth, soum, soup, sout, spam, spat, spit, spot, sput, stam, stap, stim, stoa, stop, stum, suit, sumi, sumo, sump, supa, supp, supt, tais, tamp, tams, taos, taps, tapu, tash, tasu, taum, taus, thai, thio, this, thoo, thos, thou, thus, tiao, tips, tipu, toho, toms, toom, toop, toph, topi, topo, tops, tosa, tosh, toup, tshi, tsia, tuis, tump, tums, tupi, tups, tush, umph, umps, upas, utah, utai, utas, utis
3 Letter Words for Hippopotamus
ahi, aho, ahs, ahu, aim, ais, ait, ami, amp, amt, amu, aph, app, apt, ash, asp, ast, atm, atp, auh, aum, ham, hao, hap, has, hat, hau, hia, him, hip, his, hit, hmo, hoa, hoi, hom, hoo, hop, hos, hot, hts, hui, hum, hup, hut, iao, ihp, ihs, imo, imp, imu, ios, iou, iph, ipm, ipo, ips, ish, ism, iso, ist, ita, its, mao, map, mas, mat, mau, mho, mia, mis, mit, moa, moi, moo, mop, mos, mot, mou, mph, msh, mst, mts, mus, mut, oam, oas, oat, ohm, oho, ohs, ois, oms, ooh, oom, oop, oos, oot, opa, opp, ops, opt, osi, oto, oui, oup, ous, out, pah, pam, pap, pas, pat, pau, phi, pho, pht, phu, pia, pip, pis, pit, piu, pms, pmt, poa, poh, poi, pom, poo, pop, pos, pot, ppa, pph, ppi, ppm, pps, ppt, psi, pst, pta, ptp, pts, pua, puh, pup, pus, put, sah, sai, sam, sao, sap, sat, sau, sha, shi, sho, shp, sht, sim, sip, sit, sma, som, sop, sot, sou, spa, spp, spt, sta, stm, sui, sum, sup, tai, tam, tao, tap, tas, tau, tha, thm, tho, tim, tip, tis, tiu, tmh, toa, toi, tom, too, top, tos, tou, tph, tpi, tpm, tps, tsh, tsi, tsp, tua, tui, tum, tup, uhs, uit, uma, ump, ums, upo, ups, usa, ush, ust, uta, uti, uts
Definitions for Hippopotamus
[1] a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
[2] a very large massive gregarious artiodactyl mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, living in or around the rivers of tropical Africa: family Hippopotamidae. It has short legs and a thick skin sparsely covered with hair
[3] pigmy hippopotamus a related but smaller animal, Choeropsis liberiensis
Words related to Hippopotamus
mammoth, elephant, rhinoceros, mastodon, hog, horse, cow, pig, swine, cattle, tapir, camel, deer, giraffe, llama, buffalo
Words nearby Hippopotamus
hippolytus, hippomenes, hippophagist, hippophagy, hippophile, hippopotamus, hippuric acid, hippus, hippy, hipshot, hipster
Origin of Hippopotamus
1555–65; < Latin < Greek hippopótamos, earlier híppos potámios literally, riverine horse (term used by Herodotus in his account of the Egyptian hippopotamus); compare Middle English ypotame, ypotamos, ypotanus < Old French ypotame < Medieval Latin ypotamus
Other words from Hippopotamus
hip·po·po·tam·ic [hip-uh -puh -tam -ik] /ˌhɪp ə pəˈtæm ɪk/ , hip·po·po·ta·mi·an [hip-uh -puh -tey -mee-uh n] /ˌhɪp ə pəˈteɪ mi ən/ , adjective
Word origin for Hippopotamus
C16: from Latin, from Greek hippopotamos river horse, from hippos horse + potamos river
Synonyms for Hippopotamus
elephant, mammoth, mastodon, rhinoceros