11-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- loch linnhe — Loch, Loch Linnhe.
- lochaber ax — a Scottish battle-ax of the 16th century, having a tall, cleaverlike blade with a hook at its upper end.
- lock washer — a washer placed under a nut on a bolt or screw, so made as to prevent the nut from shaking loose.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logorrhoeic — Alternative form of logorrheic.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lone father — a father with no wife or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- lone mother — a mother with no husband or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- long-haired — Sometimes Disparaging. an intellectual.
- long-headed — Anthropology. dolichocephalic.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- loudmouthed — loud, gossipy, or indiscreet; vociferous.
- lough allen — a lake in Ireland, in county Leitrim
- lough neagh — a lake in E central Northern Ireland: largest freshwater lake in the British Isles. About 18 miles (29 km) long and 11 miles (18 km) wide.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- low hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 2 feet 6 inches (76 cm) high.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- lower house — one of two branches of a legislature, generally more representative and with more members than the upper branch.
- lower rhine — a section of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany and the North Sea.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.