11-letter words containing d, i, s, h
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- hithersides — on the nearer side
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- homogenised — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- horse rider — a person riding a horse
- horseradish — a cultivated plant, Armoracia rusticana, of the mustard family, having small, white flowers.
- horseriders — Plural form of horserider.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hot-desking — the practice of not assigning permanent desks in a workplace, so that employees may work at any available desk
- howe, denis — Denis Howe
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- humidifiers — Plural form of humidifier.
- humidistats — Plural form of humidistat.
- hurriedness — The state of being hurried.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydroponics — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscopic — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypospadias — (medicine) A birth defect of the male urethra that involves an abnormally placed urinary meatus.
- ichthyopsid — relating to the class Ichthyopsida, which contains amphibians, fishes, and fish-like vertebrates
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- icosahedron — a solid figure having 20 faces.
- idaho falls — a city in E Idaho.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- in the shed — at work
- indehiscent — not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
- indochinese — of or relating to Indochina or its inhabitants.
- inexhausted — Not exhausted.
- intermeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of intermesh.
- irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
- ischidrosis — Anhidrosis.
- isodiaphere — one of two or more nuclides in which the difference between the number of neutrons and the number of protons is the same
- kidney dish — medical: curved basin
- kindredship — a person's relatives collectively; kinfolk; kin.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- knighthoods — Plural form of knighthood.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- laddishness — (British) Laddish attitudes and behaviour; laddism.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- lithodomous — living in rock or stone