11-letter words containing h, a, t, s
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- kinesthesia — the sensation of movement or strain in muscles, tendons, and joints; muscle sense.
- knightheads — Plural form of knighthead.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
- last hurrah — a politician's final campaign.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- leaf sheath — the basal part of a grass leaf that encircles the stem
- least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- maharashtra — a state in W central India. 118,800 sq. mi. (307,690 sq. km). Capital: Mumbai.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- malt whisky — whisky, as Scotch, made entirely from malted barley.
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- master bath — a private bathroom adjoining a master bedroom.
- master hand — an expert: a master hand at diplomacy.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mathematise — express in mathematical terms
- matt finish — a dull finish or surface, as opposed to a shiny one