11-letter words containing e, l, p, h, a
- flitchplate — an iron or steel plate for reinforcing a flitch beam.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- galeophobia — The fear of sharks.
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- haemophilia — (pathology) Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
- haemophilic — Of or pertaining to haemophilia.
- half asleep — in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
- half-asleep — in or into a state of sleep: He fell asleep quickly.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- hall porter — concierge
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- haplessness — The characteristic of being hapless.
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
- health camp — a camp, usually at the seaside, for children requiring health care
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- hedge apple — osage orange.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- heptathlete — (athletics) An athlete who competes in the heptathlon.
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heptavalent — septivalent.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.