11-letter words containing s, h, i, l, o
- nail polish — a polish of quick-drying lacquer, either clear or colored, used to paint the fingernails or toenails.
- nemophilist — (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
- nephrolepis — any fern of the tropical genus Nephrolepis, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse or house plants for their handsome deeply-cut drooping fronds: family Polypodiaceae
- nephroliths — a renal calculus; kidney stone.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
- nicholas ii — (Gérard de Bourgogne) died 1061, pope 1058–61.
- nicholas iv — (Girolamo Masci) died 1292, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1288–92.
- non-hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- nonhospital — not related to, identified with, or taking place in a hospital
- nonphysical — of or relating to the body: physical exercise.
- northerlies — Plural form of northerly.
- notaphilist — a person who studies or collects paper money
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- novelettish — Resembling or characteristic of a novelette.
- oenophilist — a person who enjoys wines, usually as a connoisseur.
- oil varnish — a preparation consisting of resinous matter, as copal or lac, dissolved in an oil (oil varnish) or in alcohol (spirit varnish) or other volatile liquid. When applied to the surface of wood, metal, etc., it dries and leaves a hard, more or less glossy, usually transparent coating.
- old british — Brythonic as used before a.d. 800.
- old english — Also called Anglo-Saxon. the English language of a.d. c450–c1150. Abbreviation: OE.
- old flemish — the Flemish language before c1300.
- old spanish — the Spanish language of the 12th to the 16th centuries. Abbreviation: OSp.
- old swedish — the language of Sweden as spoken and written from about 1225 to 1500.
- old-maidish — characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
- oligarchies — Plural form of oligarchy.
- olive shell — any marine gastropod of the family Olividae, having a polished, highly colored, elongated shell and a large mantle that, when extended, surrounds the shell.
- onycholysis — (medicine) The loosening or separation of a fingernail or toenail from its bed.
- ophicleides — Plural form of ophicleide.
- ophiologist — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- ostrichlike — a large, two-toed, swift-footed flightless bird, Struthio camelus, indigenous to Africa and Arabia, domesticated for its plumage: the largest of living birds.
- otherwhiles — at other times, sometimes
- overhastily — in such a way as to be excessively hasty or done without enough consideration
- oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
- palos hills — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- pathologies — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- pathologist — the science or the study of the origin, nature, and course of diseases.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- philoctetes — Classical Mythology. a noted archer and squire of Hercules. Bitten by a snake and abandoned on an island because of his festering wound, he was at length brought by the Greeks to Troy, where he recovered and later killed Paris.
- philologist — the study of literary texts and of written records, the establishment of their authenticity and their original form, and the determination of their meaning.
- philosopher — a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields.
- philosophes — any of the popular French intellectuals or social philosophers of the 18th century, as Diderot, Rousseau, or Voltaire.
- philosophic — of or relating to philosophy: philosophical studies.
- phitsanulok — a city in central Thailand.
- phonologist — a specialist in phonology.
- phycologist — the branch of botany dealing with algae.
- phyllotaxis — phyllotaxy.
- physiolater — somebody who worships nature
- physiolatry — the worship of nature
- physiologic — of or relating to physiology.
- physiologus — an ancient Greek book containing stories and tales with moral content about real and mythical animals
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.