11-letter words containing h, e, l, n
- lough neagh — a lake in E central Northern Ireland: largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. About 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lumpishness — The property of being lumpish.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- luskishness — the state or condition of being luskish
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- met-english — A Fortran-like language designed at Metropolitan Life in the early 1960s. It had support for variable-length bit fields. Most MetLife DP in the 1960s and 1970s was in Met-English. It was originally developed for Honeywell machines, but many programs still run under IBM MVS via a Honeywell emulator.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- methanolate — Methoxide.
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- mole-hunter — a person who hunts for moles
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- monongahela — a river flowing from N West Virginia through SW Pennsylvania into the Ohio River. 128 miles (205 km) long.