11-letter words containing h, i, t, r
- lethiferous — lethal.
- liddel hart — Sir Basil (Henry) 1895–1970, English military authority and writer.
- light bread — white bread.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light draft — the draft of a vessel at its light displacement.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light meter — exposure meter.
- light opera — operetta.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- 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.
- lithochromy — the art or practice of painting on stone
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- lithotritor — a medical device used to remove kidney and bladder stones non-evasively
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- marathonian — a native or inhabitant of Marathon.
- marathoning — the sport of running marathons
- matriarchal — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matriarchic — Matriarchal.
- matrix math — (language) An early system on the UNIVAC I or II.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- megatheriid — (zoology) Any member of the Megatheriidae.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour