11-letter words containing l, i, u, e
- gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- hemicyclium — a sundial in the form of a concave quarter sphere having a rodlike gnomon lying within one radius and marked on its surface with arcs that lie in the same plane as the gnomon.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- 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.
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
- humiliative — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- idle pulley — a loose pulley made to press or rest on a belt in order to tighten or guide it.
- if you like — You say if you like when you are making or agreeing to an offer or suggestion in a casual way.
- ill-founded — based on weak evidence, illogical reasoning, or the like: an ill-founded theory.
- ill-natured — having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- illaqueable — capable of being ensnared
- illuminable — capable of being illuminated.
- illuminance — illumination (def 6).
- illuminated — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illuminates — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- illustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illustrate.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
- impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.
- 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
- in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
- incapsulate — Alternative form of encapsulate.