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.