11-letter words containing l, e, u, c
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- 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.
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- illuminance — illumination (def 6).
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in the club — pregnant
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.
- include out — to exclude
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- inclusively — including or encompassing the stated limit or extremes in consideration or account (usually used postpositively): from 6 to 37 inclusive.
- increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
- incredulity — the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- inculcative — to implant by repeated statement or admonition; teach persistently and earnestly (usually followed by upon or in): to inculcate virtue in the young.
- inductively — of, relating to, or involving electrical induction or magnetic induction.
- indulgences — Plural form of indulgence.
- induplicate — folded or rolled inward: said of the parts of the calyx or corolla when the edges are bent abruptly toward the axis, or of leaves in vernation when the edges are rolled inward and then arranged about the axis without overlapping.
- ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
- ineluctable — incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
- ineluctably — incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
- inexcusable — incapable of being excused or justified.
- inexcusably — incapable of being excused or justified.
- influencers — Plural form of influencer.
- influencing — the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others: He used family influence to get the contract.
- inoculative — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- inosculated — Simple past tense and past participle of inosculate.
- inosculates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inosculate.
- inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercrural — of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- interocular — being, or situated, between the eyes.
- involucrate — having an involucre.
- irrecusable — not to be objected to or rejected.
- irreducible — not reducible; incapable of being reduced or of being diminished or simplified further: the irreducible minimum.
- irreducibly — In an irreducible manner, or state.
- isoleucines — Plural form of isoleucine.
- itacolumite — a sandstone consisting of interlocking quartz grains and mica scales, found principally in Brazil and North Carolina, and noted for its flexibility in thin slabs.