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11-letter words containing r, e, l, i

  • hell-raiser — a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner, especially habitually.
  • helleborein — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
  • helleborine — A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.
  • hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
  • helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
  • hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
  • hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
  • hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
  • hemielytron — hemelytron.
  • heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
  • heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
  • herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
  • hereditable — heritable.
  • hereinbelow — afterward in this document, statement, etc.
  • heresiology — the study of heresies.
  • heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
  • hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
  • heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
  • heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
  • heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
  • heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
  • heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
  • heterotelic — (of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.
  • heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
  • hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
  • hierarchial — Alternative form of hierarchical.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
  • high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
  • high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
  • high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • hill farmer — a farmer on a hill farm
  • hill walker — a person who takes part in hill walking
  • hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
  • hinderlands — the buttocks
  • hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
  • hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
  • historyless — Lacking history.
  • hiv-related — related to the HIV virus
  • holiday rep — A holiday rep is someone employed by a holiday company to help look after people when they are on holiday.
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • hooverville — a collection of huts and shacks, as at the edge of a city, housing the unemployed during the 1930s.
  • hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
  • horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.
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