11-letter words containing o, l, d, h
- cool-headed — If you describe someone as cool-headed, you mean that they stay calm in difficult situations.
- copyholders — Plural form of copyholder.
- dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
- dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
- danish loaf — a large white loaf with a centre split having the top crust dusted with flour, esp one baked on the sole of the oven
- de la roche — Mazo [mey-zoh] /ˈmeɪ zoʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1961, Canadian novelist.
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- dendrophile — One who loves trees.
- deschooling — to abolish or phase out traditional schools from, so as to replace them with alternative methods and forms of education.
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- diaphonical — Diacoustic; diaphonic.
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichlobenil — a nonselective preemergence herbicide, C 7 H 3 Cl 2 N, used primarily as a weed and grass killer.
- diotheletic — relating to diothelism
- diphthongal — Pertaining to a diphthong.
- diplophonia — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- diplophonic — a condition in which the voice simultaneously produces two sounds of different pitch.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- dishonestly — In a dishonest manner.
- dog handler — a member of the police force, a security organization, etc, who works in collaboration with a specially trained dog
- dog whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- dollishness — The quality of being dollish.
- dolphinfish — dolphin (def 2).
- doltishness — The characteristic of being doltish.
- door handle — doorknob.
- double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
- double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
- double-hung — (of a window) having two vertically sliding sashes, each closing a different part of the opening.
- doublecheck — Alternative form of double-check.
- doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- droolworthy — inspiring or likely to inspire excessive enthusiasm or pleasure; extremely attractive or desirable
- drosophilas — Plural form of drosophila.
- dyotheletic — relating to Dyotheletes
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- echolocated — Simple past tense and past participle of echolocate.
- encephaloid — resembling the brain or brain matter
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- endothelial — Of or pertaining to the endothelium.
- endothelium — The tissue that forms a single layer of cells lining various organs and cavities of the body, especially the blood vessels, heart, and lymphatic vessels. It is formed from the embryonic mesoderm.
- endothermal — Endothermic.
- enthralldom — The act of enthralling, or the state of being enthralled; slavery; bondage.
- epithelioid — Of, pertaining to, or resembling epithelium.
- field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
- flapperhood — (in the 1920s) the condition of flappers, the state of being a flapper
- flash flood — a sudden and destructive rush of water down a narrow gully or over a sloping surface, caused by heavy rainfall.
- flashboards — Plural form of flashboard.