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11-letter words containing l, h, r

  • helleborein — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
  • helleborine — A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.
  • 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.
  • helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
  • helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
  • hemathermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
  • hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
  • hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
  • hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
  • hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
  • hemielytron — hemelytron.
  • henry's law — the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.
  • heptangular — having seven angles.
  • heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
  • heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
  • herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
  • herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
  • herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
  • hereditable — heritable.
  • hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
  • heresiology — the study of heresies.
  • heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
  • hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
  • herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
  • heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
  • heterodoxly — In a heterodox manner.
  • heterolayer — Any of a series of thin layers of different materials in a semiconductor (or similar) device.
  • heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
  • heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
  • heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
  • heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
  • heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
  • heteropolar — polar (def 4).
  • 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
  • heterotelic — (of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.
  • heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
  • hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
  • high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
  • high colour — (hardware)   A colour depth of 16 (or 15) bits per pixel. Compare true colour.
  • high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
  • high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
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