11-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- porto velho — a state in W Brazil. 93,815 sq. mi. (242,980 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Velho.
- post-holder — a person who has a particular job or position
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- prep school — preparatory school.
- preschooler — a child below the official school starting age, usually a child up to age five.
- 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
- procephalic — of or relating to the head.
- prochlorite — a dark green member of the chlorite group, usually foliated.
- prophetical — of or relating to a prophet: prophetic inspiration.
- protophloem — the part of the primary phloem that develops first, consisting of narrow, thin-walled cells.
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- psychodelia — the production of, or the culture associated with, psychedelic experiences
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
- rabbit hole — opening of a rabbit's burrow
- razor shell — any of various sand-burrowing bivalve molluscs of the genera Ensis and Solen, which have a long tubular shell
- reel holder — something designed to hold a reel of cable, wire, or other material
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- retail shop — a shop which sells goods to individual customers
- retrophilia — a strong liking for things from the past
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rhabdocoele — any member of the turbellarian flatworm order Neorhabdocoela, comprising both freshwater and marine species, having a simple saclike digestive system.
- rhône-alpes — a region of E France: mainly mountainous, rising to the edge of the Massif Central in the west and the French Alps in the east; drained by the Rivers Rhône, Saône, and Isère
- rhyme royal — a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.
- rhynchocoel — a cavity found in certain invertebrate worms which contains the sucking organ
- 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.
- roche limit — the minimum distance below which a moon orbiting a celestial body would be disrupted by tidal forces or below which a moon would not have formed.
- rope-length — a length of standard climbing rope, normally 50–60m
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
- saddle horn — horn (def 19).
- saddle shoe — an oxford with a saddle of contrasting color.
- saddlecloth — Horse Racing. a cloth placed over the saddle of a racehorse bearing the horse's number.
- sceuophylax — a keeper of sacred vessels
- schecklaton — a gilded leather used for embroidering jacks
- schollander — Donald ("Don") born 1946, U.S. swimmer.
- school fees — the money paid for a person to go to school
- school life — the period of your life that you spend at school
- school meal — lunch served at educational institution
- school time — the period of the day or year when children are at school
- school year — the months of the year during which school is open and attendance at school is required.
- schoolhouse — a building in which a school is conducted.
- schorlomite — a mineral that is black in colour and belongs to the garnet group
- sclerophyll — Also, sclerophyllous [skleer-uh-fil-uh s] /ˌsklɪər əˈfɪl əs/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or exhibiting sclerophylly.
- screech owl — any of numerous small American owls of the genus Otus, having hornlike tufts of feathers, as O. asio, of eastern North America.
- scripholder — a person who owns a scrip or scrips