11-letter words containing l, e, c, h, y
- enchantedly — As if enchanted.
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- hadley cell — an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator
- hectocotyli — Plural form of hectocotylus.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemicyclium — a sundial in the form of a concave quarter sphere having a rodlike gnomon lying within one radius and marked on its surface with arcs that lie in the same plane as the gnomon.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- hexadactyly — Sexdactyly.
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
- huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- ichthyolite — a fossil fish.
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.