11-letter words containing n, i, h, l
- philippians — an Epistle written by Paul to the Christian community in Philippi. Abbreviation: Phil.
- philippines — an archipelago of 7083 islands in the Pacific, SE of China: formerly (1898–1946) under the guardianship of the U.S.; now an independent republic. 114,830 sq. mi. (297,410 sq. km). Capital: Manila.
- philistines — (sometimes initial capital letter) a person who is lacking in or hostile or smugly indifferent to cultural values, intellectual pursuits, aesthetic refinement, etc., or is contentedly commonplace in ideas and tastes.
- philologian — a philologist.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phoenixlike — having a resemblance to a phoenix in the sense of re-emerging and beginning again
- phonofiddle — an upright, one-stringed musical instrument which also has a horn that acts as an amplifier, played with a bow whilst held between the knees
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- phrenetical — of or relating to phrenitis
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.
- phytoalexin — any of a class of plant compounds that accumulate at the site of invading microorganisms and confer resistance to disease.
- pigeon-hole — one of a series of small, open compartments, as in a desk, cabinet, or the like, used for filing or sorting papers, letters, etc.
- pigeonholer — someone who likes to pigeonhole people or things
- pinch pleat — a narrow pleat that is usually part of a series at the top of curtains.
- pinchbottle — a bottle with concave sides, as for containing liquor.
- pinwheeling — a child's toy consisting of a wheel or leaflike curls of paper or plastic loosely attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown by or as by the wind.
- pitch plane — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitchblende — a massive variety of uraninite, occurring in black pitchlike masses: a major ore of uranium and radium.
- planigraphy — an x-ray photograph in which a given plane of the body is well defined and those above and below it purposely out of focus.
- planisphere — a map of half or more of the celestial sphere with a device for indicating the part of a given location visible at a given time.
- platyrrhine — Anthropology. having a broad, flat-bridged nose.
- plenishings — furnishings or equipment
- plough into — If something, for example a car, ploughs into something else, it goes out of control and crashes violently into it.
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- podophyllin — a resin, occurring as a light brown to greenish amorphous powder, obtained from podophyllum, and used in medicine chiefly as a cathartic and, locally, in the treatment of genital warts.
- polyphonist — a musical composer of or theorist in polyphony
- polytechnic — of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- prehensible — able to be seized or grasped.
- publishings — the activities or business of a publisher, especially of books or periodicals: He plans to go into publishing after college.
- publishment — publication.
- punchinello — a grotesque or absurd chief character in a puppet show of Italian origin: the prototype of Punch.
- qilian shan — a mountain range in W China, bordered between Qinghai and Gansu provinces.
- rail anchor — a fastening device for attaching the base of a rail to a crosstie.
- ralik chain — a chain of islands in the W Pacific Ocean, forming the W part of the Marshall Islands.
- range light — one of a pattern of navigation lights, usually fixed ashore, used by vessels for manoeuvring in narrow channels at night
- ravishingly — extremely beautiful or attractive; enchanting; entrancing.
- rel english — Rapidly Extensible Language, English
- relaunching — an act or instance of launching something again.
- replenished — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- replenisher — to make full or complete again, as by supplying what is lacking, used up, etc.: to replenish one's stock of food.
- rhinoplasty — plastic surgery of the nose.
- riefenstahl — Leni [ley-nee] /ˈleɪ ni/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, German film director.
- right angle — the angle formed by two radii of a circle that are drawn to the extremities of an arc equal to one quarter of the circle; the angle formed by two perpendicular lines that intersect; an angle of 90°.
- roadholding — A vehicle's roadholding is how easy it is to control safely in difficult driving conditions or when going round bends.
- saltishness — the condition of being saltish
- schlesinger — Arthur Meier [mahy-er] /ˈmaɪ ər/ (Show IPA), 1888–1965, U.S. historian.
- schoolgoing — the act of going to school
- scorchingly — in a scorching manner
- searchingly — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.