11-letter words containing l, e, s, t
- halberstadt — a town in central Germany, in Saxony-Anhalt: industrial centre noted for its historic buildings. Pop: 40 014 (2003 est)
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- harvest fly — cicada
- harvestable — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.
- hasta luego — so long; (I'll) see you soon
- 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?
- hatefulness — arousing hate or deserving to be hated: the hateful oppression of dictators.
- hatlessness — the state or situation of being without a hat
- haustellate — having a haustellum.
- hazel crest — a town in NE Illinois.
- 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.
- heart shell — any of numerous bivalve mollusks, especially of the families Cardiidae and Carditidae, having a heart-shaped shell.
- heartlessly — unfeeling; unkind; unsympathetic; harsh; cruel: heartless words; a heartless ruler.
- 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.
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- heel breast — the forward side of the heel, adjoining the shank of a shoe.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- hellenistic — pertaining to Hellenists.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heterostyly — the condition in certain plants, such as primroses, of having styles of different lengths, each type of style in flowers on different plants, which promotes cross-pollination
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- historyless — Lacking history.
- 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
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- 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.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hostilities — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.