11-letter words containing h, e, l, i, o, p
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- heliophobic — fearing or unable to withstand sunlight
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
- heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
- holding-pen — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- 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.
- 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.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hypoaeolian — of a specific mode of church music
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypokalemia — an abnormally low concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypovolemia — A decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- in the loop — a portion of a cord, ribbon, etc., folded or doubled upon itself so as to leave an opening between the parts.
- isocephalic — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- kohl pencil — a thin cylindrical cosmetic instrument used to darken the area around the eyes
- light opera — operetta.
- 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.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.