12-letter words containing l, e, s
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- health salts — magnesium sulphate or similar salts taken as a mild laxative
- health scare — a state of alarm caused by a revelation concerning public heath
- health stamp — a postage stamp with a surcharge that is used to support a health camp
- hearing loss — diminished ability to hear
- hearsay rule — the rule making hearsay evidence inadmissible.
- heartfulness — The state or quality of being heartful.
- heavenliness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being heavenly.
- heckelphones — Plural form of heckelphone.
- hectocotylus — a modified arm of the male of certain cephalopods that is used to transfer sperm to the female.
- hedge-school — a school held out of doors in favourable weather, indoors in winter
- heedlessness — The state or character of being heedless; inattention; carelessness; thoughtlessness.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- heldentenors — Plural form of heldentenor.
- helianthuses — Plural form of helianthus.
- helical scan — denoting a recording technique used with video tapes in which the recorded tracks on the tape are segments of a helix
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliogabalus — (Varius Avitus Bassianus"Marcus Aurelius Antoninus") a.d. 204–222, Roman emperor 218–222.
- heliophilous — attracted to sunlight
- heliospheric — Of or pertaining to the heliosphere.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hell's angel — a member of a motorcycle gang of a kind originating in the US in the 1950s, who typically dress in denim and Nazi-style paraphernalia and are noted for their initiation rites, lawless behaviour, etc
- hell's bells — surprise
- hell-raising — behaviour which causes trouble
- hellaciously — In a hellacious manner.
- helleborines — Plural form of helleborine.
- hellespontus — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hells canyon — a canyon on the Snake River in S Idaho and along the Oregon border: 125 miles (210 km) long with a maximum depth of about 7900 feet (2408 meters).
- helmet shell — a predatory marine gastropod of the family Cassidae, characterized by a thick, heavy shell with a broadened outer lip.
- helmsmanship — the skill or function of a helmsman
- helmspersons — Plural form of helmsperson.
- help screens — computer instructions displayed on a visual display unit
- helplessness — unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- henle's loop — loop of Henle.
- henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- hernioplasty — an operation for the repair of a hernia.
- heron's-bill — stork's-bill (def 1).
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- heteroblasty — the morphological changes that occur in plants between juvenility and adulthood