11-letter words containing t, e, l, p
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- hall porter — concierge
- hard palate — Anatomy. the roof of the mouth, consisting of an anterior bony portion (hard palate) and a posterior muscular portion (soft palate) that separate the oral cavity from the nasal cavity.
- health camp — a camp, usually at the seaside, for children requiring health care
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hemp nettle — a coarse weed of the genus Galeopsis, of the mint family, resembling hemp in appearance and having bristly hairs like the nettle.
- hepplewhite — George, died 1786, English furniture designer and cabinetmaker.
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- heptathlete — (athletics) An athlete who competes in the heptathlon.
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- heptavalent — septivalent.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heterophile — Able to react immunologically with material from another species.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heteroploid — (biology) Having a chromosome number that is neither the haploid nor the diploid number normal in the species.
- heteropolar — polar (def 4).
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- 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.
- hotelkeeper — a manager or owner of a hotel.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hyperbolist — One who uses hyperbole; an exaggerator.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.
- hypervalent — (chemistry) having a higher than normal valence.
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- ideal point — the point at infinity in projective geometry at which parallel lines intersect.
- impalatable — Unpalatable.
- impanelment — The act or process of impaneling, or the state of being impaneled.
- impatiently — not patient; not accepting delay, opposition, pain, etc., with calm or patience.
- imperatival — of, relating to, or characteristic of the grammatical imperative.
- imperfectly — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialist — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperiality — the state of being imperial
- imperilment — to put in peril or danger; endanger.