11-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- overleather — the upper part of a shoe
- overwhelmed — to overcome completely in mind or feeling: overwhelmed by remorse.
- oxyaldehyde — an aldehyde containing the hydroxyl group.
- oxychloride — a compound having oxygen and chlorine atoms bonded to another element, as bismuth oxychloride, BiOCl.
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- paedophilia — Paedophilia is sexual activity with children or the condition of being sexually attracted to children.
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- paleolithic — (sometimes lowercase) Anthropology. of, relating to, or characteristic of the cultures of the late Pliocene and the Pleistocene epochs, or early phase of the Stone Age, which appeared first in Africa and are marked by the steady development of stone tools and later antler and bone artifacts, engravings on bone and stone, sculpted figures, and paintings and engravings on the walls of caves and rock-shelters: usually divided into three periods (Lower Paleolithic, c2,000,000–c200,000 b.c., Middle Paleolithic, c150,000–c40,000 b.c., Upper Paleolithic, c40,000–c10,000 b.c.)
- panel house — a brothel having rooms with secret entrances, as sliding panels, for admitting panel thieves.
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologize — to represent (something) as a disease
- pedophiliac — pedophile.
- pelotherapy — the application of mud to the body for therapeutic purposes
- perchlorate — a salt or ester of perchloric acid, as potassium perchlorate, KClO 4 .
- perchloride — the chloride of any particular element or group with the maximum proportion of chlorine.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
- phainopepla — a crested passerine bird, Phainopepla nitens, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- phantomlike — an apparition or specter.
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- philosophes — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
- phlebograph — an instrument for recording the venous pulse.
- phlebotomic — of or noting phlebotomy.
- phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- phylloclade — a flattened stem or branch having the function of a leaf.
- phyllophore — the terminal bud of a stem, especially of the stem of a palm.
- phylloplane — the surface of a leaf considered as a habitat, esp for microorganisms
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- phytosterol — Biochemistry. any of various sterols obtained from plants.
- pigeon-hole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
- pilot house — an enclosed structure on the deck of a ship from which it can be navigated.
- pilot whale — a small, common whale, Globicephala sieboldii, of tropical and temperate seas, having a bulbous head.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- placeholder — Mathematics, Logic. a symbol in an expression that may be replaced by the name of any element of the set.
- planthopper — any member of a large and varied group of homopterous insects that are related to the leafhoppers and the spittlebugs but rarely damage cultivated plants.
- plateholder — a lightproof container for a photographic plate, loaded into the camera with the plate and having a slide that is removed before exposing.
- plectognath — belonging to the Plectognathi, a group or order of fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick, often spiny, scaleless skin, and including the filefish, globefish, puffer, and triggerfish.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- pleomorphic — of, relating to, or characterized by pleomorphism; polymorphous.
- plerophoria — full conviction
- ploughshare — the horizontal pointed cutting blade of a mouldboard plough
- pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
- polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher