11-letter words containing t, h, e, i, l
- lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- linnet hole — a small hole joining a glassmaking furnace to the arch.
- lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
- lionhearted — exceptionally courageous or brave.
- listen here — You say listen here when you are going to say something important to someone, especially when you are angry at what they have done or said.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithopedion — (medical) A calcium-encased foetus that occurs in ectopic abdominal pregnancies when the foetus dies and is not reabsorbed by the maternal body, whereby the maternal system encases the foreign body (foetus) in calcium to isolate it.
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- lithosphere — the solid portion of the earth (distinguished from atmosphere, hydrosphere).
- lithotomies — Plural form of lithotomy.
- little hand — the ticking hand on a watch or clock which indicates or points to the hour
- little john — a large, powerful yeoman who was a member of Robin Hood's band.
- littleworth — worthless; of little value
- longsighted — Alternative spelling of long-sighted.
- loutishness — The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout.
- low-pitched — pitched in a low register or key: a low-pitched aria for the basso.
- lower sixth — the first year of the sixth form
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- mehemet ali — 1769–1849, viceroy of Egypt 1805–48.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- merthiolate — thimerosal
- mesothelial — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the mesothelium.
- mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
- met-english — A Fortran-like language designed at Metropolitan Life in the early 1960s. It had support for variable-length bit fields. Most MetLife DP in the 1960s and 1970s was in Met-English. It was originally developed for Honeywell machines, but many programs still run under IBM MVS via a Honeywell emulator.
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metalithium — A heavy isotope of the simplest alkali metal, (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and containing 8 neutrons. Metalithium is an artificial isotope produced by bombarding Lithium 7 with neutrons. It is radioactive, with a half-life of 0.84 seconds.
- metalsmiths — Plural form of metalsmith.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metharbital — A barbiturate anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methimazole — a white crystalline substance, C 4 H 6 N 2 S, that inhibits thyroxin synthesis, used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism.
- methylamine — any of three derivatives of ammonia in which one or all of the hydrogen atoms are replaced by methyl groups, especially a gas, CH 5 N, with an ammonialike odor, the simplest alkyl derivative of ammonia and, like the latter, forming a series of salts.
- methylating — Present participle of methylate.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- methylidene — (organic chemistry) The CH2= radical in which the free valences are part of a double bond.
- middle path — the conduct of life by a religious person in such a way as to avoid the extremes of luxury and asceticism.
- milky-white — of a cream or whitish colour similar to the colour of milk
- mirthlessly — In a mirthless manner; sadly.
- misch metal — a pyrophoric alloy, containing approximately 50 percent cerium and 45 percent lanthanum, made from a mixture of various rare-earth chlorides by electrolysis.
- monothelite — a person who maintains that Christ has a single theanthropic will.
- moonlighted — Simple past tense and past participle of moonlight.
- moonlighter — the light of the moon.
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.
- multichrome — chromium.
- multiethnic — involving or pertaining to two or more distinct ethnic groups.