11-letter words containing l, h, e, r
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- magherafelt — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 40 837 (2003 est). Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- male thread — a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc, formed by a die or lathe tool
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marshallers — Plural form of marshaller.
- marshallese — a native or inhabitant of the Marshall Islands, especially a member of a Micronesian people native to these Islands.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- middlemarch — a novel (1871–72) by George Eliot.
- mirthlessly — In a mirthless manner; sadly.
- mole-hunter — a person who hunts for moles
- montherlant — Henry de [ahn-ree duh] /ɑ̃ˈri də/ (Show IPA), 1896–1972, French author.
- moonlighter — the light of the moon.
- mother lode — Mining. a rich or important lode.
- mother love — affection felt by a mother for her child
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- motor hotel — motel
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mr. charlie — a white man or white men collectively
- multichrome — chromium.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- neanderthal — of or relating to Neanderthal man.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- netherlings — underwear
- netherworld — the infernal regions; hell.
- nettle rash — urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nightwalker — a person who walks or roves about at night, especially a thief, prostitute, etc.
- nitrophenol — any compound derived from phenol by the replacement of one or more of its ring hydrogen atoms by the nitro group.
- north slope — the northern coastal area of Alaska, rich in oil and natural gas: so called because it is N of the Brooks Range sloping down to the Arctic Ocean.
- northcliffe — Viscount, Alfred Charles William Harmsworth.