11-letter words containing h, e, d, l
- liddel hart — Sir Basil (Henry) 1895–1970, English military authority and writer.
- light bread — white bread.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- lightheaded — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- lightninged — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
- little hand — the ticking hand on a watch or clock which indicates or points to the hour
- livelihoods — Plural form of livelihood.
- lizard head — a promontory in SW Cornwall, in SW England: the southernmost point in England.
- loathedness — the state or condition of being an object of disgust and dislike
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- loudmouthed — loud, gossipy, or indiscreet; vociferous.
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- 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.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- male thread — a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc, formed by a die or lathe tool
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- metaldehyde — a chemical, (CH3CHO)4, that is a polymer of acetaldehyde, used to kill slugs and snails and also as a fuel for portable stoves
- methodology — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- mishallowed — falsely hallowed or revered
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- moonlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of moonlight.
- mother lode — Mining. a rich or important lode.
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- mule-headed — stubborn; intractable.
- multiheaded — having more than one head
- multihulled — (nautical) Having more than one hull.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.