11-letter words containing h, i, s, l, o, r
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horn silver — cerargyrite.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- ioshkar-ola — autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe. 8994 sq. mi. (23,294 sq. km). Capital: Ioshkar-Ola.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- longshoring — the work or occupation of a longshoreman.
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- old british — Brythonic as used before a.d. 800.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polyhistory — the quality of a polyhistor
- priest-hole — a secret chamber in certain houses in England, built as a hiding place for Roman Catholic priests when they were proscribed in the 16th and 17th centuries
- prophylaxis — Medicine/Medical. the preventing of disease. the prevention of a specific disease, as by studying the biological behavior, transmission, etc., of its causative agent and applying a series of measures against it.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- rhapsodical — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- riot shield — Riot shields are pieces of equipment made of transparent plastic which are used by the police to protect themselves against angry crowds.
- scholarship — learning; knowledge acquired by study; the academic attainments of a scholar.