11-letter words containing h, e, l, n
- null method — a method of measurement using an electrical device, as a Wheatstone bridge, in which the quantity to be measured is balanced by an opposing known quantity that is varied until the resultant of the two is zero.
- nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
- nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- old english — Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE.
- omnichannel — Using every channel.
- on schedule — with no delay
- on the ball — a spherical or approximately spherical body or shape; sphere: He rolled the piece of paper into a ball.
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- on the dole — Someone who is on the dole is registered as unemployed and receives money from the government.
- on the flat — On the flat means on level ground.
- on the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- on the nail — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- over-handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- panel thief — a thief who secretly robs the customers in a panel house.
- panhellenic — of or relating to all Greeks or to Panhellenism.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- paraphernal — (sometimes used with a singular verb) equipment, apparatus, or furnishing used in or necessary for a particular activity: a skier's paraphernalia.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- pentathlete — an athlete participating or specializing in the pentathlon.
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phalanstery — the buildings occupied by a phalanx. the community itself.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- phase angle — any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
- phenylamine — aniline.
- philanderer — (of a man) to make love with a woman one cannot or will not marry; carry on flirtations.
- philhellene — a friend or supporter of the Greeks.
- philippines — an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898–1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq. km). Capital: Manila.
- philistines — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- phlyctenule — a small phlyctena
- phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pigeon-hole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- plane chart — a chart used in plane sailing, in which the lines of latitude and longitude are straight and parallel
- plane crash — an accident in which an aircraft hits land or water and is damaged or destroyed
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- plank-sheer — a plank or timber covering the upper ends of the frames of a wooden vessel