11-letter words containing t, a, i, l, h, e
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hiv-related — related to the HIV virus
- hla antigen — an antigen of the HLA group, designated by a letter (HLA-A, HLA-B, etc.) according to the chromosome locus on which the controlling HLA gene appears and additionally by a number (HLA-A1, HLA-A2, etc.) according to the order of discovery and identification.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- horripilate — to produce horripilation on.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- 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.
- hotel chain — a group of hotels which belong to the same company or owner, or are associated in some way
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- humiliative — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- hyattsville — a city in central Maryland.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hysteresial — relating to the retardation of an effect following upon its cause
- 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
- in a lather — overexcited
- inhabitable — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
- inheritable — capable of being inherited.
- inheritably — capable of being inherited.
- intrathecal — Anatomy. situated within the thecal sac: covering the spinal cord.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isenthalpic — pertaining to or characterized by constant enthalpy.
- isolecithal — homolecithal.
- israelitish — of or relating to the Israelites; Hebrew.
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- lancet fish — any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
- 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.
- lanthanides — Plural form of lanthanide.
- large white — a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- late blight — a disease of plants, especially potatoes, celery, etc., characterized by spotting, blighting, and withering or decay of the entire plant, caused by any of several fungi, as Phytophthora infestans or Septoria apii.
- lead weight — a weight made of lead
- leaf blight — a symptom or phase of many diseases of plants, characterized by necrotic spots or streaks on the leaves, accompanied by seed rot and seedling blight.
- leatherfish — a filefish.
- leatherlike — Resembling leather.
- lecithinase — An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
- lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
- liddel hart — Sir Basil (Henry) 1895–1970, English military authority and writer.
- light bread — white bread.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light opera — operetta.
- light table — a table that has a translucent top illuminated from below and is used typically for making tracings or examining color transparencies.
- light valve — a light-transmitting device having transmissions that vary in accordance with an electric input, as voltage, current, or an electron beam, used chiefly for recording sound on motion-picture film.
- light water — ordinary water, as opposed to heavy water; water containing the normal proportion of deuterium oxide.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.