11-letter words containing h, e, a, d, l
- dish aerial — a microwave aerial, used esp in radar, radio telescopes, and satellite broadcasting, consisting of a parabolic reflector
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- door handle — doorknob.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- echolocated — Simple past tense and past participle of echolocate.
- edaphically — In terms of soil conditions.
- eid-ul-adha — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca. Animals are sacrificed and their meat shared among the poor
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- enchantedly — As if enchanted.
- endothelial — Of or pertaining to the endothelium.
- endothermal — Endothermic.
- enthralldom — The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage.
- established — (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- exhaustedly — In an exhausted manner.
- exhilarated — Simple past tense and past participle of exhilarate.
- fall behind — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- fatheadedly — in a fatheaded manner
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- feldspathic — of, relating to, or containing feldspar.
- feral child — a neglected child who engages in lawless or anti-social behaviour
- fiddleheads — Plural form of fiddlehead.
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- flower head — an inflorescence consisting of a dense cluster of small, stalkless flowers; capitulum.
- flowerheads — Plural form of flowerhead.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- focal depth — lens: distance of sharp focus
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- gene amdahl — (person) A former IBM engineer who founded Amdahl Corporation.
- glad-hander — to greet warmly.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
- habilitated — Simple past tense and past participle of habilitate.
- haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
- hadley cell — an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half cocked — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-boiled — drunk.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-closed — having or forming a boundary or barrier: He was blocked by a closed door. The house had a closed porch.
- half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
- half-cooked — not cooked thoroughly
- half-decade — a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- half-filled — to make full; put as much as can be held into: to fill a jar with water.
- half-formed — external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.