11-letter words containing i, r, s, h, t, e
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hippocrates — ("Father of Medicine") c460–c377 b.c, Greek physician.
- hipsterisms — a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- hirsuteness — The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
- historiated — (especially of initial letters on an illuminated manuscript) decorated with animals, flowers, or other designs that have a narrative or symbolic purpose.
- historicise — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historicize — to interpret something as a product of historical development.
- historiette — a short historical story or anecdote
- historyless — Lacking history.
- hitchhikers — Plural form of hitchhiker.
- hithersides — on the nearer side
- hitherwards — (archaic) Toward this place.
- 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.
- house-train — to housebreak.
- housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperscript — Informix. The object-based programming language for Wingz, used for creating charts, graphs, graphics, and customised data entry.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hyperstrict — A function which is hyperstrict in some argument will fully evaluate that argument. To fully evaluate an object, evaluate it to WHNF and if it is a constructed data object (e.g. a list or tuple) then fully evaluate every component and so on recursively. Thus a hyperstrict function will fail to terminate if its argument or any component or sub-component of its argument fails to terminate (i.e. if its argument is not "total").
- hypocretins — Plural form of hypocretin.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- in strength — If a group turns out in strength, they arrive in large numbers.
- in the wars — (esp of a child) hurt or knocked about, esp as a result of quarrelling and fighting
- inhabitress — a female inhabitant
- inheritress — Female inheritor.
- intermeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of intermesh.
- intermeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermesh.
- internships — Plural form of internship.
- interparish — involving, or occurring between, two or more parishes
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- irish tweed — a sturdy woolen fabric of light warp and dark filling, made in Ireland and used in suits and coats.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- israelitish — of or relating to the Israelites; Hebrew.
- issacharite — a member of the tribe of Issachar.
- lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- 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.