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

  • shingle oak — an oak, Quercus imbricaria, yielding a wood used for shingles, clapboards, etc.
  • shinplaster — a plaster for the shin or leg.
  • shiveringly — in a shivering manner, usually from cold or fright
  • short novel — a prose narrative midway between the novel and the short story in length and scope
  • shriekingly — with shrieking
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • single whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • single-hand — to sail (a craft) without help from others.
  • single-hung — (of a window) having two sashes, only one of which is movable.
  • single-shot — (of a firearm) requiring loading before each shot; not having or using a cartridge magazine.
  • sixteenthly — in sixteenth place
  • slant rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • slavishness — of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
  • sleuthhound — a bloodhound.
  • slit trench — a narrow trench for one or more persons for protection against enemy fire and fragmentation bombs.
  • snail shell — the spirally coiled shell of a snail
  • snitch line — a direct telephone or other communications link set up to allow people to report neighbours, colleagues, etc suspected of wrongdoing
  • solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
  • southlander — a person from the south
  • spinachlike — resembling or characteristic of spinach
  • staunchless — not able to be stanched
  • stenohaline — (of an aquatic organism) unable to withstand wide variation in salinity of the surrounding water.
  • stern-wheel — propelled by a paddle wheel at the stern.
  • stickhandle — (in hockey and lacrosse) to control and skillfully maneuver the ball or puck with the stick.
  • strengthful — full of strength, strong
  • synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
  • talent show — a theatrical show in which a series of usually amateur or aspiring singers, dancers, comedians, instrumentalists, etc., perform in the hope of gaining recognition.
  • tangle with — get involved with
  • technically — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
  • technicolor — (often lowercase) flamboyant or lurid, as in color, meaning, or detail.
  • technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • technophile — a person who loves or is enthusiastic about advanced technology.
  • technopolis — a society with a concentration of technology-based businesses or an emphasis on technology
  • telephoning — an apparatus, system, or process for transmission of sound or speech to a distant point, especially by an electric device.
  • telephonist — a telephone switchboard operator.
  • ten-wheeler — a steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.
  • the balance — the constellation Libra, the seventh sign of the zodiac
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the dolphin — the constellation Delphinus
  • the english — the natives or inhabitants of England collectively
  • the eternal — God
  • the islands — the islands of the South Pacific
  • the javelin — the event or sport of throwing the javelin
  • the kremlin — the citadel of Moscow, in which some government offices of the Soviet Union were located: it now contains some offices of the Russian government
  • the lebanon — a republic in W Asia, on the Mediterranean: an important centre of the Phoenician civilization in the third millennium bc; part of the Ottoman Empire from 1516 until 1919; gained independence in 1941 (effective by 1945). Official language: Arabic; French and English are also widely spoken. Religion: Muslim and Christian. Currency: Lebanese pound. Capital: Beirut. Pop: 4 131 583 (2013 est). Area: 10 400 sq km (4015 sq miles)
  • the needful — money or funds
  • the old one — a jocular name for Satan
  • the sullens — a sullen mood
  • the tynwald — the Parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of the crown, lieutenant governor, House of Keys, and legislative council
  • theatreland — the main theatre district of a city, esp in the West End of London
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