11-letter words containing s, h, i
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- leader-ship — the position or function of a leader, a person who guides or directs a group: He managed to maintain his leadership of the party despite heavy opposition. Synonyms: administration, management, directorship, control, governorship, stewardship, hegemony.
- leaderships — Plural form of leadership.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leishmanial — Relating to leishmania.
- lengthiness — The property of being lengthy, longness.
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- li shih-min — (Li Shih-min) a.d. 597–649, Chinese emperor of the T'ang dynasty 627–649.
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- lightsticks — Plural form of lightstick.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lightswitch — Alternative spelling of light switch.
- lightvessel — A ship equipped with a very large lamp, the ship can be positioned to warn off other ships from dangerous locations. A sort of portable lighthouse.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
- likelihoods — Plural form of likelihood.
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- listen here — You say listen here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said.
- lithodomous — living in rock or stone
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- lithologist — One who studies lithology.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotomies — Plural form of lithotomy.
- lithotomous — of or relating to the surgical removal of a stone from the bladder
- lithotripsy — the pulverization and removal of urinary calculi using a lithotripter.
- liu shao qi — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist statesman; chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959–68); deposed during the Cultural Revolution
- livelihoods — Plural form of livelihood.
- lizard fish — any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.
- lobachevski — Nikoˈlai Iˈvanovich (nikɔˈlaɪ iˈvɑnɔvɪtʃ ) ; nēk^ōlīˈ ēväˈn^ōvich) 1793-1856; Russ. mathematician
- lock stitch — a sewing-machine stitch in which two threads are locked together at small intervals.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- longshoring — the work or occupation of a longshoreman.
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loop stitch — any stitch, as the chain stitch, that uses loops in the pattern or process of working.
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form