11-letter words containing r, e, h, y
- early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- embryopathy — (pathology) Any developmental disorder of an embryo.
- embryophyte — any of a subkingdom of plants, Embryophyta, that encompasses most land plants, such as trees, flowers and mosses
- emery cloth — a cloth covered with abrasive emery particles, used for sanding
- emery wheel — a grinding or polishing wheel consisting of, or the surface of which is coated with, abrasive emery particles
- enteropathy — A disease of the intestine, especially the small intestine.
- ephemerally — In an ephemeral manner.
- erythorbate — erythorbic acid; a food additive used as an antioxidant
- erythraemia — polycythaemia vera
- erythristic — Exhibiting erythrism.
- erythrocyte — A red blood cell that (in humans) is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment hemoglobin, which imparts the red color to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- erythrosine — a fluorone, tetraiodo-fluorescein, which is used as a red food colouring (E127) and in biological staining
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- ethereality — The quality of being ethereal.
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- ethyl ether — chemical anaesthetic; ether
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- eurythermal — (of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
- every other — alternate
- everywhence — from all directions
- everywheres — (nonstandard) Everywhere.
- exhortatory — Serving to exhort.
- eye-catcher — something that especially attracts one's attention
- feather key — a rectangular key connecting the keyways of a shaft and a hub of a gear, pulley, etc., fastened in one keyway and free to slide in the other so that the hub can drive or be driven by the shaft at various positions along it.
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- fifty-three — a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
- fire cherry — pin cherry.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- forty-eight — a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
- forty-three — a cardinal number, 40 plus 3.
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- germ theory — Pathology. the theory that infectious diseases are due to the agency of germs or microorganisms.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- gray-headed — having gray hair.
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grey-haired — having grey hair
- grey-headed — having gray hair.
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- half-yearly — Half-yearly means happening in the middle of a calendar year or a financial year.