11-letter words containing h, e, a, l, i, n
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- 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?
- 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-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.
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hidden flag — (scientific computation) An extra option added to a routine without changing the calling sequence. For example, instead of adding an explicit input variable to instruct a routine to give extra diagnostic output, the programmer might just add a test for some otherwise meaningless feature of the existing inputs, such as a negative mass. The use of hidden flags can make a program very hard to debug and understand, but is all too common wherever programs are hacked in a hurry.
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- hsinhailien — Xinhailian.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hydralazine — a white crystalline powder, C 8 H 8 N 4 , that dilates blood vessels and is used in the treatment of hypertension.
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- hypersaline — Having an abnormally high salinity.
- hypoaeolian — of a specific mode of church music
- in a lather — overexcited
- inhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- inheritably — capable of being inherited.
- intrathecal — Anatomy. situated within the thecal sac: covering the spinal cord.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- laddishness — (British) Laddish attitudes and behaviour; laddism.
- lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- 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.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- leishmanial — Relating to leishmania.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.