11-letter words containing e, i, t, h
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemerythrin — a type of protein responsible for oxygen transportation in some marine invertebrates
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- hemisection — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- hemopoietic — hematopoiesis.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemostatics — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hemstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of hemstitch.
- hemstitches — Plural form of hemstitch.
- hence with! — away with!
- hepatitis a — a normally minor form of hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood: usually transmitted by ingestion of contaminated food or water.
- hepatitis b — a form of hepatitis caused by a DNA virus (hepatitis B virus, or HBV) that persists in the blood, characterized by a long incubation period: usually transmitted by sexual contact or by injection or ingestion of infected blood or other bodily fluids.
- hepatitis c — a form of hepatitis with clinical effects similar to those of hepatitis B, caused by a blood-borne retrovirus (hepatitis C virus) that may be of the hepatitis non-A, non-B type.
- hepatotoxic — Damaging or destructive to liver cells.
- hepatotoxin — Any substance that causes hepatotoxicity.
- hepplewhite — George, died 1786, English furniture designer and cabinetmaker.
- heptarchies — Plural form of heptarchy.
- heptarchist — A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
- heptastichs — Plural form of heptastich.
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hereditable — heritable.
- hereinafter — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- heresthetic — a political strategy by which a person or group sets or manipulates the context and structure of a decision-making process in order to win or be more likely to win
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- heroization — to make a hero of: a war film that heroizes the warrior.
- hesitations — Plural form of hesitation.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heterogenic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- heterogonic — exhibiting allometry
- heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.