11-letter words containing e, l, i, h, u
- epiphyllous — (of plants) growing on, or attached to, the leaf of another plant
- episulphide — (organic chemistry) A class of organic compound analogous to epoxides in which a sulphur atom replaces the oxygen.
- epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
- euchologion — a collection of prayers
- exhaustible — Capable of being exhausted.
- field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- fushionless — lacking strength or spirit
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- 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.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
- humiliative — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- in the club — pregnant
- in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- kleinhuisie — an outside lavatory
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- line-hauler — a heavy-duty truck suitable for line-haul transportation.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.