10-letter words containing e, t, h, y, l
- heortology — the study of the history and significance of the feasts and seasons in the ecclesiastical calendar.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
- high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- hypaethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hyperalert — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- hyperlight — Faster than light speed.
- hypohalite — (chemistry) any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)n.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inherently — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lily-white — white as a lily: soft lily-white skin.
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- loveworthy — worthy of being loved
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- methyl red — a water-insoluble solid occurring as a dark-red powder or violet crystals, C 1 5 H 1 5 N 3 O 2 , used chiefly as an acid-base indicator.
- methylated — Simple past tense and past participle of methylate.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- monomethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single methyl group in a molecule.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- mythologem — a basic theme, as of revenge, self-sacrifice, or betrayal, that is shared by cultures throughout the world.
- mythologer — A mythologist.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.