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11-letter words containing h, e, r, t, s

  • hypermeters — Plural form of hypermeter.
  • hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
  • hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
  • hypersthene — a dark iron magnesium silicate, an orthorhombic pyroxene containing more than 14 percent ferrous oxide.
  • hyperstress — extreme stress or anxiety
  • hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
  • hypocenters — Plural form of hypocenter.
  • hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
  • hypostrophe — the achievement of a patient turning himself or herself over
  • hypsometers — Plural form of hypsometer.
  • hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
  • hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
  • hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
  • hysterotomy — the operation of cutting into the uterus, as in a Cesarean.
  • idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
  • in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
  • in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
  • inhabitress — a female inhabitant
  • inheritress — Female inheritor.
  • intermeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of intermesh.
  • intermeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermesh.
  • internships — Plural form of internship.
  • interparish — involving, or occurring between, two or more parishes
  • interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
  • irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
  • isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
  • isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
  • israelitish — of or relating to the Israelites; Hebrew.
  • issacharite — a member of the tribe of Issachar.
  • john sutter — John Augustus, 1803–80, U.S. frontiersman: owner of Sutter's Mill.
  • joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
  • katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
  • kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
  • lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
  • laser light — light which is generated by a laser
  • laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
  • last breath — When someone takes their last breath, they die.
  • least shrew — a small, brownish shrew, Cryptotis parva, of grassy regions of the eastern U.S.
  • leatherfish — a filefish.
  • lectureship — the office of lecturer.
  • lethiferous — lethal.
  • letterheads — Plural form of letterhead.
  • light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
  • light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
  • lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • listen here — You say listen here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said.
  • lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
  • lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
  • lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
  • lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
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