11-letter words containing s, h, o, t, l
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- 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.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- host family — family one lodges with
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- hostilities — a hostile state, condition, or attitude; enmity; antagonism; unfriendliness.
- hot cockles — a children's game in which a blindfolded player is hit by one of the other players and then tries to guess which one did the hitting.
- hot flushes — a sudden unpleasant hot feeling in the skin, caused by endocrine imbalance, esp experienced by women at menopause
- hot-selling — (of a good or product) that sells in large numbers
- hotel staff — employees of a hotel
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- house style — a set of rules concerning spellings, typography, etc, observed by editorial and printing staff in a particular publishing or printing company
- houselights — (plural only) The lights that illuminate the audience section of an auditorium or theatre.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolysate — any compound formed by hydrolysis.
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hylopathist — an adherent of hylopathism
- hymnologist — A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
- hyoplastral — of or relating to hyoplastra
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypoglottis — Anatomy. the underside of the tongue.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- inhalations — Plural form of inhalation.
- interschool — Occurring or taking place between two or more schools.
- intraschool — Within a single school.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- isophthalic — Of or pertaining to isophthalic acid and its derivatives.
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- kosher salt — a coarse-grained salt with no additives, used especially to draw out the blood from meat to make it kosher.
- lanthanoids — Plural form of lanthanoid.