11-letter words containing h, e, a, l, t, o
- herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
- heterolayer — Any of a series of thin layers of different materials in a semiconductor (or similar) device.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- holy father — a title of the pope.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homothermal — homoiothermal.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- hotel staff — employees of a hotel
- hotheadedly — In a hotheaded manner.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lappet moth — a large purple-brown hairy eggar moth, Gastropacha quercifolia, whose grey furry caterpillars have lappets on each flank
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- leaf blotch — a symptom or phase of certain especially fungal diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic discoloration of the leaves.
- leatherwood — an American shrub, Dirca palustris, having a tough bark.
- leatherwork — work or decoration done in leather.
- leavenworth — a city in NE Kansas.
- lethal dose — the amount of a drug or other agent that if administered to an animal or human will prove fatal
- light opera — operetta.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.