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11-letter words containing h, e, l, n

  • planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
  • platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
  • plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
  • plenishings — furnishings or equipment
  • plunge bath — a bath large enough to immerse the whole body or to dive into
  • polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
  • power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
  • preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
  • publishment — publication.
  • punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
  • pushfulness — the quality of being offensively assertive or forceful
  • ralph naderRalph, born 1934, U.S. lawyer, author, political reformer, and consumer advocate.
  • range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
  • rechallenge — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
  • red channel — in an airport, the route taken by passengers wishing to declare goods, such as large quantities of tobacco or alcohol
  • rel english — Rapidly Extensible Language, English
  • relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
  • replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • replenisher — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
  • return half — the return part of a two-way ticket
  • rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
  • rhynchocoel — a cavity found in certain invertebrate worms which contains the sucking organ
  • riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
  • right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
  • rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
  • rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
  • rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
  • saddle horn — horn (def 19).
  • saltishness — the condition of being saltish
  • schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
  • schlesinger — Arthur Meier [mahy-er] /ˈmaɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1888–1965, U.S. historian.
  • schollanderDonald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
  • searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
  • second-half — happening in the second half of a game
  • self-hating — harbouring feelings of self-hatred
  • selfishness — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
  • semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • seven hills — a town in N Ohio.
  • shacklebone — the wrist
  • shallowness — of little depth; not deep: shallow water.
  • shared line — a telephone number that is assigned to more than one person, for example in an office. When somebody calls the number, all of the phones will ring until somebody picks up their phone to answer the call
  • sharonville — a town in SW Ohio.
  • shaving gel — product that softens hair growth for shaving
  • shelf angle — an angle iron attached to or suspended from a girder to carry masonry or the ends of a number of joists.
  • shell gland — a gland in certain invertebrates that secretes the components required for forming the shell of an egg
  • shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
  • sherlockian — pertaining to or characteristic of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, known for his skill in solving mysteries through deductive reasoning.
  • shield fern — any of numerous ferns of the genera Dryopteris and Polystichum, having shield-shaped indusia.
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