14-letter words containing e, o, l
- height of land — a watershed
- helicopter dad — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter mom — a style of child rearing in which an overprotective mother or father discourages a child's independence by being too involved in the child's life: In typical helicopter parenting, a mother or father swoops in at any sign of challenge or discomfort.
- helicopter pad — landing area
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.
- heliosciophyte — any plant that grows in the shade, but thrives more in the sun
- helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
- hell on wheels — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- hello, sailor! — (jargon) Occasional West Coast equivalent of hello, world; seems to have originated at SAIL, later associated with the game Zork (which also included "hello, aviator" and "hello, implementor"). Originally from the traditional hooker's greeting to a swabbie fresh off the boat, of course.
- helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hemicelluloses — Plural form of hemicellulose.
- hemimetabolism — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemimetabolous — incomplete metamorphosis.
- hemipelvectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the pelvis, and the leg on that side.
- hemlock looper — the larva of a geometrid moth, Lambdina fiscellaria, common in some areas of North America and a serious pest of various trees, as hemlock, Douglas fir, balsam spruce, and oak.
- hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- hendersonville — a city in S Tennessee.
- henry the lion — ?1129–95, duke of Saxony (1142–81). His ambitions led to conflict with the Holy Roman Emperors, notably Frederick Barbarossa
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- hepatocellular — pertaining to or affecting liver cells.
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- heroic couplet — a stanza consisting of two rhyming lines in iambic pentameter, especially one forming a rhetorical unit and written in an elevated style, as, Know then thyself, presume not God to scan / The proper study of Mankind is Man.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- heteroclitical — (obsolete) Anomalous, heteroclite.
- heteroflexible — (of a person) predominantly heterosexual but not exclusively so
- heterolecithal — having an unequal distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
- heteroplasties — Plural form of heteroplasty.
- heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- hierographical — hierographic
- high explosive — a class of explosive, as TNT, in which the reaction is so rapid as to be practically instantaneous, used in shells and bombs.
- historicalness — The quality of being historical.
- hit the bottle — a portable container for holding liquids, characteristically having a neck and mouth and made of glass or plastic.
- hobbledehoydom — the condition of being a hobbledehoy
- hobbledehoyish — of or like a hobbledehoy
- hold one's own — of, relating to, or belonging to oneself or itself (usually used after a possessive to emphasize the idea of ownership, interest, or relation conveyed by the possessive): He spent only his own money.
- hold the field — to maintain one's position in the face of opposition
- hold the phone — not hang up
- hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
- holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
- holiday season — period: November to January
- hollerith code — a system for coding data into punched cards, in which each horizontal row is assigned a different value, and letters, numbers, or special characters are encoded as combinations of these values in a vertical column.
- hollow-cheeked — having sunken cheeks, as from thinness