11-letter words containing a, l, c, h, e, r
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- hazel crest — a town in NE Illinois.
- head collar — the part of a bridle that fits round a horse's head
- health card — an identity card required to obtain public health insurance services
- health care — the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
- heart block — a defect in the electrical impulses of the heart resulting in any of various arrhythmias or irregularities in the heartbeat.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- 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.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- intrathecal — Anatomy. situated within the thecal sac: covering the spinal cord.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- la chorrera — a city in central Panama, just W of the Panama Canal.
- la rochelle — a department in W France. 2792 sq. mi. (7230 sq. km). Capital: La Rochelle.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lancet arch — an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.
- larch river — a river in N Quebec, Canada, flowing NE to the Caniapiscau River. 270 miles (434 km) long.
- late charge — a penalty charge in addition to the regularly scheduled payment, as of a loan, if such payment has not been made when due.
- leatherback — a sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, having the shell embedded in a leathery skin, reaching a length of more than 7 feet (2.1 meter) and a weight of more than 1000 pounds (450 kg): the largest living sea turtle; an endangered species.
- leatherjack — Leatherjacket (fish in genus Oligoplites).
- leatherneck — a U.S. marine.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- lexigraphic — Of or pertaining to lexigraphy.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.