11-letter words containing r, e, l, t
- heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- heterostyly — the condition in certain plants, such as primroses, of having styles of different lengths, each type of style in flowers on different plants, which promotes cross-pollination
- 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.
- highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- historyless — Lacking history.
- hiv-related — related to the HIV virus
- holy father — a title of the pope.
- holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
- holy terror — a difficult or frightening person
- homothermal — homoiothermal.
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hotelkeeper — a manager or owner of a hotel.
- hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
- hurtfulness — The property of being hurtful.
- hurtleberry — whortleberry.
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hypervalent — (chemistry) having a higher than normal valence.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- id bracelet — a bracelet, usually of metal links, having an identification plate for the name of the wearer.
- ida tarbell — Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- ill-natured — having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- ill-starred — doomed to misfortune or disaster; ill-fated; unlucky: an ill-starred enterprise.
- illiterates — unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
- illtreating — Present participle of illtreat.
- illustrated — containing pictures, drawings, and other illustrations: an illustrated book.
- illustrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of illustrate.
- immortalise — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortalize — to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
- immortelles — Plural form of immortelle.
- imperatival — of, relating to, or characteristic of the grammatical imperative.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial