11-letter words containing h, a, i, l, s
- 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.
- ghastliness — The state of being ghastly.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- hagiologist — A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hairstylist — A person who cuts and styles people's hair professionally.
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hand signal — indication made by hand
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- hate-listen — to listen to a radio show, singer, etc., that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize: Why do I continue to hate-listen to his silly podcasts?
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- healthiness — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat shield — a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heavenliest — Superlative form of heavenly.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hell-raiser — a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner, especially habitually.
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.