11-letter words containing e, r, c, h
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hebephrenic — Pertaining to, or characteristic of, hebephrenia.
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- helispheric — spiral
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemimorphic — (of a crystal) having the two ends of an axis unlike in their planes or modifications; lacking a center of symmetry.
- hemispheric — of or relating to a hemisphere.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- henchperson — a loyal supporter, follower, or subordinate
- heptarchies — Plural form of heptarchy.
- heptarchist — A ruler of one division of a heptarchy.
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- herb doctor — a person who practices healing by the use of herbs.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- heresiarchs — Plural form of heresiarch.
- 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.
- heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
- heroin chic — the perceived glamorization of heroin and the characteristics associated with heroin addicts, such as gauntness and hollow eyes
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterocercy — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.