11-letter words containing a, t, h, l
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- plattsburgh — a city in NE New York, on Lake Champlain: battle, 1814.
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
- ploughstaff — one of the handles of a plough
- plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- postholiday — occurring after a holiday
- potash alum — alum1 (def 1).
- pre-ethical — not governed by ethics, or not having an ethical or moral aspect
- prelateship — the rank of a prelate
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- prothalloid — resembling a prothallus
- purpleheart — the hard, purplish wood of any of several South American trees belonging to the genus Peltogyne, of the legume family, used for making furniture.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
- rathskeller — (in Germany) the cellar of a town hall, often used as a beer hall or restaurant.
- rattle-bush — blue false indigo.
- reestablish — to found, institute, build, or bring into being on a firm or stable basis: to establish a university; to establish a medical practice.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
- right whale — any of several large whalebone whales of the genus Balaena, of circumpolar seas: the species B. glacialis is greatly reduced in numbers.
- ritual bath — a mikvah.
- rude health — If someone is in rude health, they are strong and healthy.
- saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
- sales pitch — promotional talk
- salt shaker — a container for salt with a perforated top to allow the salt to be shaken out.
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- scarlet hat — a cardinal's hat
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- schoolcraft — Henry Rowe [roh] /roʊ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1864, U.S. explorer, ethnologist, and author.
- scratch awl — an awllike device for scribing wood.
- scratchless — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- sea leather — the skin of sharks, porpoises, dogfishes, etc., prepared and used for the same purposes as ordinary leather.
- searchlight — a device, usually consisting of a light and reflector, for throwing a beam of light in any direction.
- self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
- self-hatred — the feeling of one who hates; intense dislike or extreme aversion or hostility.
- self-taught — taught to oneself or by oneself to be (as indicated) without the aid of a formal education: self-taught typing; a self-taught typist.
- shade cloth — a covering made of cloth or plastic, especially one used to control the amount of sunlight to which plants are exposed.
- shaft alley — an enclosure on a ship for housing a propeller shaft and a walk for oilers.
- sheet glass — glass in sheet form produced by drawing or by the cylinder glass process.
- sheet metal — metal in sheets or thin plates.