11-letter words containing h, e, l, i, b
- half-boiled — drunk.
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- heliophobic — fearing or unable to withstand sunlight
- helleborein — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
- helleborine — A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hereditable — heritable.
- hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
- highblooded — of high blood, family, or race
- hillbillies — Plural form of hillbilly.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- hornblendic — Of or pertaining to hornblende.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- ill-behaved — 1. [numerical analysis] Said of an algorithm or computational method that tends to blow up because of accumulated roundoff error or poor convergence properties. 2. Software that bypasses the defined operating system interfaces to do things (like screen, keyboard, and disk I/O) itself, often in a way that depends on the hardware of the machine it is running on or which is nonportable or incompatible with other pieces of software. In the IBM PC/mess-dos world, there is a folk theorem (nearly true) to the effect that (owing to gross inadequacies and performance penalties in the OS interface) all interesting applications are ill-behaved. See also bare metal. Opposite: well-behaved, compare PC-ism.
- impeachable — making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
- in the club — pregnant
- 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.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- light bread — white bread.
- light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- mobile home — a large house trailer, designed for year-round living in one place.
- mobile shop — a van, truck, etc, which travels from place to place and from which goods are sold
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- night table — a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- perishables — perishable articles, esp food
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.