11-letter words containing s, e, h
- heat stroke — a disturbance of the temperature-regulating mechanisms of the body caused by overexposure to excessive heat, resulting in fever, hot and dry skin, and rapid pulse, sometimes progressing to delirium and coma.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heath aster — a North American wildflower (Aster ericoides) of the composite family, with small, stiff leaves and white flowers, growing in dry, open places; dog fennel
- heath grass — a European grass, Sieglingia decumbens, growing in spongy, wet, cold soils.
- heathenesse — (obsolete) heathendom.
- heathenness — Quality of being heathen.
- heatseekers — Plural form of heatseeker.
- heaven-sent — providentially opportune: A heaven-sent rain revived the crops.
- heavenliest — Superlative form of heavenly.
- heavenwards — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- heedfulness — The state or quality of being heedful.
- heel breast — the forward side of the heel, adjoining the shank of a shoe.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- heinousness — The property of being heinous.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
- heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- helispheric — spiral
- hell-raiser — a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner, especially habitually.
- hellbenders — Plural form of hellbender.
- hellenistic — pertaining to Hellenists.
- hellishness — The property of being hellish.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- helmsperson — A helmsman or helmswoman.
- helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- 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)
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematemesis — The vomiting of blood.
- hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemianopsia — any of several conditions in which there is blindness in half of the visual field, involving one or both eyes.
- hemihedrism — (crystallography) hemihedral crystallization.
- hemiparesis — partial paralysis affecting only one side of the body.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.