11-letter words containing s, h, i, l
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- 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.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- hessian fly — a small fly, Phytophaga destructor, the larvae of which feed on the stems of wheat and other grasses.
- heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high school — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- 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.
- highschools — Plural form of highschool.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hillbillies — Plural form of hillbilly.
- hills cloud — a hypothetical dense, disc-shaped area within the Oort cloud
- hills hoist — an Australian brand of rotary clothesline
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hippologist — the study of horses.
- hirsutulous — hirtellous.
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- histologist — a specialist in histology.
- historyless — Lacking history.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holluschick — a young male fur seal.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homophilous — Homophilic.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.