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11-letter words containing a, c, h, e, s

  • 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).
  • icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
  • icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
  • in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
  • isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
  • isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
  • isolecithal — homolecithal.
  • issacharite — a member of the tribe of Issachar.
  • jack cheese — a mild, moist cheddar, made from whole, skimmed, or partially skimmed milk: first made in Monterey County, California.
  • jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
  • lake school — Lake Poets.
  • lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
  • landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
  • launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
  • lech walesa — Lech [lek] /lɛk/ (Show IPA), born 1943, Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
  • lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
  • leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
  • lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
  • lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
  • lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
  • logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
  • lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
  • machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
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