11-letter words containing t, h, e, i, l
- jacklighter — a person who hunts or fishes at night with the aid of a jacklight.
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- kitchenalia — cooking equipment and other items found in a kitchen
- kitten heel — a thin, tapering heel on a woman's shoe, lower than a spike heel.
- kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
- klieg light — a powerful type of arc light once widely used in motion-picture studios.
- 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.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- lengthening — (linguistics) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens.
- 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.
- let her rip — to go ahead; continue without restraint
- lethargical — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- lethargized — Simple past tense and past participle of lethargize.
- lethiferous — lethal.
- 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 curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light meter — exposure meter.
- 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 verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- 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.
- light-faced — (of type) having a weight of type characterized by light thin lines
- lightheaded — giddy, dizzy, or delirious: After two drinks Pat began to feel lightheaded.
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lightninged — a brilliant electric spark discharge in the atmosphere, occurring within a thundercloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the ground.
- lightplanes — Plural form of lightplane.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- 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.
- lightweight — light in weight.
- like a shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.