11-letter words containing h, e, s, l
- unlightsome — without light; dark
- unpublished — to issue (printed or otherwise reproduced textual or graphic material, computer software, etc.) for sale or distribution to the public.
- unscheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- unselfishly — not selfish; disinterested; generous; altruistic.
- unshakeable — person, faith: firm
- unshareable — the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
- unsheltered — not sheltered
- unshockable — not able to be shocked
- unshunnable — not able to be shunned
- unwholesome — not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
- upholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- upholsterer — a person whose business it is to upholster furniture and, sometimes, to furnish and put in place hangings, curtains, carpets, etc.
- upholstress — a female upholsterer
- vellus hair — short fine unpigmented hair covering the human body
- venus shell — a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, typified by the intertidal Venus gallina, with somewhat rounded ribbed valves
- vowel shift — a systematic phonetic change in a language's vowels
- wavelengths — Plural form of wavelength.
- wealthiness — having great wealth; rich; affluent: a wealthy person; a wealthy nation.
- weight loss — slimming
- well-chosen — chosen with care, as for suitability or preciseness: He entered at a well-chosen moment.
- well-shaped — of a definite form, shape, or character (often used in combination): a U -shaped driveway.
- well-shaved — to remove a growth of beard with a razor.
- well-wisher — a person who wishes well to another person, a cause, etc.
- wellwishers — Plural form of wellwisher.
- welsh black — a breed of black cattle originally from N Wales that are bred for both meat and milk
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- welsh poppy — a poppy, Meconopsis cambrica, of western Europe, having pale-green, slightly hairy foliage and pale-yellow flowers.
- welsh vault — underpitch vault.
- weltschmerz — sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
- welwitschia — A gymnospermous plant of desert regions in southwestern Africa that has a dwarf, massive trunk, two long strap-shaped leaves, and male and female flowers in the scales of scarlet cones. It is remarkable for its ability to extract moisture from fog.
- werewolfish — characteristic of a werewolf
- west helena — a city in E Arkansas.
- westphalian — a former province in NW Germany, now a part of North Rhine-Westphalia: treaty ending the Thirty Years' War 1648.
- whale shark — a tropical shark, Rhincodon typus, ranging in size from 30 to 60 feet (9 to 18 meters), having small teeth and a sievelike structure over its gills for catching plankton.
- whalesucker — a large, blue remora, Remora australis, that attaches itself to whales and dolphins.
- wheedlesome — tending to wheedle
- wheel horse — Also called wheeler. a horse, or one of the horses, harnessed behind others and nearest the front wheels of a vehicle.
- wheelchairs — Plural form of wheelchair.
- wheelhouses — Plural form of wheelhouse.
- whiskerless — Without whiskers.
- whistle for — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
- whistle pig — a woodchuck.
- whistleable — Capable of being whistled.
- whistleblow — Alternative form of whistle-blow.
- whistlestop — (US, dated) A minor railway station at which a train would stop if requested.
- white lotus — either of two Egyptian water lilies of the genus Nymphaea, as N. caerulea (blue lotus) having light blue flowers, or N. lotus (white lotus) having white flowers.
- white slave — a woman who is sold or forced into prostitution.
- whole snipe — the common snipe. See under snipe (def 1).
- wholegrains — Wholegrains are the grains of cereals such as wheat and maize that have not been processed.
- wholesalers — Plural form of wholesaler.