11-letter words containing a, c, e, s
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemostatics — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hepatitis c — a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- heptarchies — Plural form of heptarchy.
- heptarchist — A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
- heptastichs — Plural form of heptastich.
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- heresiarchs — Plural form of heresiarch.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroscian — a name applied to the people who live in temperate zones, so given because in these areas shadows created by the sun at noon will fall in opposite directions
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hexastichon — hexastich.
- hierarchies — any system of persons or things ranked one above another.
- hierarchise — to arrange in a hierarchy.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- hierarchist — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hinderances — Plural form of hinderance.
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hispanicize — to make Spanish or Latin American, as in character, custom, or style.
- hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- horse-faced — having a large face with lantern jaws and large teeth.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hovercrafts — (nonstandard) Plural form of hovercraft.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- icarian sea — the part of the Aegean Sea between Turkey and the Greek islands of Patmos and Leros.
- ice station — a camp or base in an isolated part of the Arctic or Antarctic, manned by specialists to monitor the weather, geological formations, wildlife, etc.
- ice-skating — If you go ice-skating, you move about on ice wearing ice-skates. This activity is also a sport.
- icebreakers — Plural form of icebreaker.
- iconostases — Plural form of iconostasis.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- immediacies — Plural form of immediacy.
- importances — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.