11-letter words containing l, y, e, h, o
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hello money — a charge made by a retailer to a supplier for introducing the supplier's goods to its stores
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- 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.
- 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
- hexagonally — In a hexagonal manner.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- high yellow — a term used to refer to a light-skinned black person.
- historyless — Lacking history.
- hobbledehoy — an awkward, ungainly youth.
- hobbletehoy — Archaic form of hobbledehoy.
- holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
- hollow-eyed — having sunken eyes.
- holly berry — a bitter, slightly poisonous berry that grows on holly trees or shrubs
- holoenzymes — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holy clover — sainfoin.
- holy father — a title of the pope.
- holy moley! — an exclamation indicating surprise or astonishment
- holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
- holy office — a congregation founded in 1542 to succeed the suppressed Inquisition and entrusted with matters pertaining to faith and morals, as the judgment of heresy, the application of canonical punishment, and the examination of books and prohibition of those held dangerous to faith and morals.
- holy orders — (used with a singular verb) the rite or sacrament of ordination.
- holy roller — a contemptuous term used to refer to a member of a Pentecostal sect.
- holy terror — a difficult or frightening person
- holy willie — a person who is hypocritically pious
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- 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.
- horseplayer — a habitual bettor on horse races.
- hotheadedly — In a hotheaded manner.
- house style — a set of rules concerning spellings, typography, etc, observed by editorial and printing staff in a particular publishing or printing company
- householdry — (archaic) The management and upkeep of a household.
- housewifely — of, like, or befitting a housewife.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydroplaned — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroplane.
- hydroplaner — a person who pilots a hydroplane, especially a professional speedboat racer.
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.