11-letter words containing l, e, t, h, g
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- free flight — unassisted or unconstrained flight, as the flight of a rocket or missile without guidance or after fuel exhaustion or motor cutoff.
- full-length — of standard or customary length: a full-length movie.
- gas lighter — device: produces flame
- 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.
- gentilhomme — a gentleman
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- get a laugh — If a person or their comment gets a laugh or raises a laugh, they make the people listening to them laugh.
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- ghastliness — The state of being ghastly.
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- great wheel — the wheel immediately driven by the power source.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
- halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
- hang a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hasta luego — so long; (I'll) see you soon
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- health goth — a fitness enthusiast who is part of the goth subculture.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- highlighted — to emphasize or make prominent.
- highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- inner light — the presence and inner working of God in the soul acting as a guiding spirit that is superior even to Scripture and unites man to Christ
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- klieg light — a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.
- knee-length — socks; also knee-high
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.