11-letter words containing r, e, t, i, l
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- gristliness — The quality or state of being gristly.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- half sister — sister (def 2).
- half-sister — sister (def 2).
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- heir at law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- heir-at-law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- 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.
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- heraclitean — of or relating to Heraclitus or his philosophy.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hereditable — heritable.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
- 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.