11-letter words containing n, i, h, l
- luskishness — the state or condition of being luskish
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphotoxin — a glycoprotein that is released by antigen-stimulated or mitogen-stimulated T cells and is toxic to various other cells.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manhandling — to handle roughly.
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- met-english — A Fortran-like language designed at Metropolitan Life in the early 1960s. It had support for variable-length bit fields. Most MetLife DP in the 1960s and 1970s was in Met-English. It was originally developed for Honeywell machines, but many programs still run under IBM MVS via a Honeywell emulator.
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- minke whale — a dark-colored baleen whale, Baleanoptera acutorostrata, inhabiting temperate and polar seas and growing to a length of 33 feet (10 meters): reduced in numbers.
- mishandling — to handle badly; maltreat: to mishandle a dog.
- missolonghi — a town in W Greece, on the Gulf of Patras: Byron died here 1824.
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.
- monodelphic — having a sole set of reproductive organs
- monolithism — an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
- monothelite — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
- moonlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of moonlight.
- moonlighter — the light of the moon.
- morgan hill — a town in W California.
- mothballing — Present participle of mothball.
- mpeg-4 hiln — MPEG-4 Harmonics, individual lines and noise
- multiethnic — involving or pertaining to two or more distinct ethnic groups.
- multiphoton — involving several photons
- nail polish — a polish of quick-drying lacquer, either clear or colored, used to paint the fingernails or toenails.
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- naphazoline — 2-(1-naphthylmethyl)-2-imidazoline hydrochloride, a sympathomimetic agent used as a vasoconstrictor.
- naphthaline — Naphthalene.
- naphthalize — to mix or saturate with naphtha.
- necrophilia — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- necrophilic — an erotic attraction to corpses.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- nephelinite — a fine-grained, dark rock of volcanic origin, essentially a basalt containing nepheline but no feldspar and little or no olivine.
- nephritical — Alternative form of nephritic.