11-letter words containing l, y, e, h, o
- hydroxylase — any enzyme that catalyzes the introduction of a hydroxyl group into a substance.
- hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperbolize — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperboloid — a quadric surface having a finite center and some of its plane sections hyperbolas. Equation: x 2 / a 2 + y 2 / b 2 − z 2 / c 2 = 1.
- hyperboreal — Hyperborean.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hypernormal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- hypoaeolian — of a specific mode of church music
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypokalemia — an abnormally low concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypophyseal — Alternative spelling of hypophysial.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- hypovolemia — A decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- ichthyolite — a fossil fish.
- john motley — John Lothrop [loh-thruh p] /ˈloʊ θrəp/ (Show IPA), 1814–77, U.S. historian and diplomat.
- kelly hours — a suggestion for the name of the hours before and after the traditional school day during which child-minding facilities are provided for the children of working parents
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lyophilized — Simple past tense and past participle of lyophilize.
- lyophilizer — Freeze-drying equipment; freeze-dryer.