11-letter words containing c, h, e, l
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliolithic — of or relating to a civilization characterized by sun worship and megaliths
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- heliophobic — fearing or unable to withstand sunlight
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- helispheric — spiral
- hellenistic — pertaining to Hellenists.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemicyclium — a sundial in the form of a concave quarter sphere having a rodlike gnomon lying within one radius and marked on its surface with arcs that lie in the same plane as the gnomon.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
- 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.
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- heterotelic — (of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexadactyly — Sexdactyly.
- hexadecimal — Also, hex. of or relating to a numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hexidecimal — (spelling) Mis-spelling of "hexadecimal".
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- 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.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- home-school — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeschools — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homeschool.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.