11-letter words containing e, l, d, r, s
- guelderrose — snowball (sense 2)
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- hellbenders — Plural form of hellbender.
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- holy orders — (used with a singular verb) the rite or sacrament of ordination.
- householder — a person who holds title to or occupies a house.
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- 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
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- increasedly — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- interisland — being or operating between islands: interisland transportation.
- interlisp-d — Xerox's Interlisp with deep binding.
- kettledrums — a drum consisting of a hollow hemisphere of brass, copper, or fiberglass over which is stretched a skin, the tension of which can be modified by hand screws or foot pedals to vary the pitch.
- kinderspiel — a play or piece of musical theatre performed by children
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laggardness — The quality or state of being a laggard.
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landlubbers — Plural form of landlubber.
- landscapers — Plural form of landscaper.
- landsteiner — Karl [kahrl;; German kahrl] /kɑrl;; German kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1943, Austrian pathologist in the U.S.: Nobel Prize 1930.
- lateralised — Simple past tense and past participle of lateralise.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- laundresses — Plural form of laundress.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- 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.
- learnedness — The quality of being learned.
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- lens holder — a container which holds a thin curved piece of glass or plastic in place
- leopardskin — the skin of a leopard
- lepidosiren — a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel-shaped body.
- lesser kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus imberbis, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- liberalised — Simple past tense and past participle of liberalise.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.