10-letter words containing s, l, o, h, e
- huddleston — (Ernest Urban) Trevor, 1913–1998, English Anglican archbishop and antiapartheid activist in Africa.
- hull house — a settlement house in Chicago, Ill., founded in 1889 by Jane Addams.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.
- hydrolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyse.
- hydrolyses — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrolyze.
- hylotheism — any philosophical doctrine identifying a god or gods with matter.
- hylotheist — an adherent of hylotheism
- hyperbolas — Plural form of hyperbola.
- hyperboles — Plural form of hyperbole.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isohalines — a line on a map of the ocean connecting all points of equal salinity.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isothermal — occurring at constant temperature.
- jobholders — Plural form of jobholder.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- kohlrabies — Plural form of kohlrabi.
- korn shell — (ksh) A command interpreter for Unix.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lakeshores — Plural form of lakeshore.
- laser show — a display of coloured laser lights for entertainment purposes, often accompanying a music concert, etc
- late hours — rising and going to bed later than is usual
- leaseholds — Plural form of leasehold.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lederhosen — Leather shorts with H-shaped suspenders, traditionally worn by men in Alpine regions such as Bavaria.
- lemon fish — the cobia.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- long horse — vaulting horse.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- longhouses — Plural form of longhouse.
- loose head — the prop on the hooker's left in the front row of a scrum
- lose heart — to become despondent or disillusioned (over something)
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- louis heel — a French heel of medium height, flared out or widened at the base, used on women's shoes.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- mendelsohn — Erich [ey-rikh] /ˈeɪ rɪx/ (Show IPA), 1887–1953, German architect in England and in the U.S.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesolonghi — Missolonghi.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.