11-letter words containing l, p, a
- harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
- health camp — a camp, usually at the seaside, for children requiring health care
- 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
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- hedge apple — osage orange.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- 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.
- hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- heptathlete — (athletics) An athlete who competes in the heptathlon.
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heptavalent — septivalent.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- highly paid — that receives a large salary
- hippocampal — of or relating to the hippocampus.
- holiday pay — the salary a worker receives for days taken off work
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- holophrases — a word functioning as a phrase or sentence, as the imperative Go!
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- hoplophobia — (pejorative, rare) The fear of guns.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hyalography — the technique of writing or engraving on glass.