11-letter words containing l, e, i, s, h
- fire-polish — to smooth (glass) by reheating to remove tool marks or other imperfections in the surface.
- fish kettle — an oval pan used for cooking a whole fish
- fish ladder — a series of ascending pools constructed to enable salmon or other fish to swim upstream around or over a dam.
- fish tackle — a tackle for fishing an anchor.
- flash drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- flesh tints — the colours used to represent (white) skin in painting
- fleshliness — (obsolete) Indulgence in concerns of the flesh; carnality, bodily appetites.
- fletcherism — the practice of chewing food until it is reduced to a finely divided, liquefied mass: advocated by Horace Fletcher, 1849–1919, U.S. nutritionist.
- flight test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flight-test — to test (an airplane or the like) in flight.
- flightiness — The quality of being flighty.
- flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
- fo' shizzle — for sure; certainly; without question
- folkishness — The quality of being folkish.
- foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
- forest hill — a town in N Texas.
- fushionless — lacking strength or spirit
- gas lighter — device: produces flame
- generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
- gentileschi — Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- ghastliness — The state of being ghastly.
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- girlishness — The quality of being girlish.
- globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- hate-listen — to listen to a radio show, singer, etc., that one professes to dislike, often with the intention to mock or criticize: Why do I continue to hate-listen to his silly podcasts?
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- healthiness — possessing or enjoying good health or a sound and vigorous mentality: a healthy body; a healthy mind.
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat shield — a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heavenliest — Superlative form of heavenly.
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun