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11-letter words containing s, h, i, r, l, e

  • gas lighter — device: produces flame
  • generalship — skill as commander of a large military force or unit.
  • girlishness — The quality of being girlish.
  • halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
  • half sister — sister (def 2).
  • half-sister — sister (def 2).
  • hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
  • health risk — something that could cause harm to people's health
  • hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
  • 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.
  • heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
  • heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
  • helispheric — spiral
  • hell-raiser — a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner, especially habitually.
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
  • heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • 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.
  • hinderlands — the buttocks
  • hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
  • hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
  • historyless — Lacking history.
  • horizonless — lacking or without a horizon.
  • horn silver — cerargyrite.
  • 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.
  • hyperbolise — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
  • hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
  • hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
  • hyperplasia — abnormal multiplication of cells.
  • hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
  • hypersaline — Having an abnormally high salinity.
  • hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
  • icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
  • 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
  • interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
  • irish linen — a fine, high-count linen handmade in Ireland and used for tablecloths, handkerchiefs, doilies, and garment trimmings.
  • isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
  • israelitish — of or relating to the Israelites; Hebrew.
  • lanarkshire — a historic county in S Scotland.
  • lanternfish — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Myctophidae, having rows of luminous organs along each side, certain species of which migrate to the surface at night.
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