11-letter words containing h, e, d, l, s
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- householder — a person who holds title to or occupies a house.
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- hudson seal — muskrat fur that has been plucked and dyed to give the appearance of seal.
- husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- jealoushood — jealousy
- laddishness — (British) Laddish attitudes and behaviour; laddism.
- lakshadweep — a union territory of India comprising a group of islands and coral reefs in the Arabian Sea, off the SW coast of India. About 12 sq. mi. (31 sq. km).
- landholders — Plural form of landholder.
- landsknecht — a European mercenary foot soldier of the 16th century, armed with a pike or halberd.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leaseholder — a tenant under a lease.
- lens holder — a container which holds a thin curved piece of glass or plastic in place
- 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.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- livelihoods — Plural form of livelihood.
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- old english — Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE.
- old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
- old swedish — the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500.
- on schedule — with no delay
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- otherworlds — Plural form of otherworld.