11-letter words containing h, e, l, n, a
- fallen arch — collapse of the arch formed by the instep of the foot, resulting in flat feet
- farthingale — a hoop skirt or framework for expanding a woman's skirt, worn in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- fashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- fashionless — Not fashioned or contrived; natural.
- fatherlands — Plural form of fatherland.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- francophile — friendly to or having a strong liking for France or the French.
- french flat — a flat that can be raised to or hung from the flies, and that contains practicable doors, windows, etc.
- french loaf — baguette, long stick of bread
- gene amdahl — (person) A former IBM engineer who founded Amdahl Corporation.
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- ghastliness — The state of being ghastly.
- glad-hander — to greet warmly.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- gnamma hole — a hollow in bare rock, narrow at the opening and wider at the bottom, in which water collects.
- gonorrhoeal — Alternative spelling of gonorrheal.
- grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
- green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- haddonfield — a town in SW New Jersey.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- half an ear — If you listen to something or someone with only half an ear, you do not give your full attention to what is being said.
- half an eye — a modicum of perceptiveness
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
- half-broken — past participle of break.
- half-frozen — extremely cold
- half-hidden — concealed; obscure; covert: hidden meaning; hidden hostility.
- half-hunter — a watch with a hinged lid in which a small circular opening or crystal allows the approximate time to be read
- half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-nelson — a hold in which a wrestler, from behind the opponent, passes one arm under the corresponding arm of the opponent and locks the hand on the back of the opponent's neck.
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- half-second — 1/120 of a minute of time
- halfendeale — a half portion of something
- halleflinta — a type of rock, volcanic or metamorphic in origin, that has a fine grain
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
- hand-letter — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hand-loomed — handwoven.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- hang a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
- haplessness — The characteristic of being hapless.
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.