11-letter words containing t, h, e
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- 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
- heath aster — a North American wildflower (Aster ericoides) of the composite family, with small, stiff leaves and white flowers, growing in dry, open places; dog fennel
- heath grass — a European grass, Sieglingia decumbens, growing in spongy, wet, cold soils.
- heathenesse — (obsolete) heathendom.
- heathenized — Simple past tense and past participle of heathenize.
- heathenness — Quality of being heathen.
- heating pad — a flexible fabric-covered pad containing insulated electrical heating elements for applying heat especially to the body.
- heatseekers — Plural form of heatseeker.
- heaven-sent — providentially opportune: A heaven-sent rain revived the crops.
- heavenliest — Superlative form of heavenly.
- heavy metal — big iron
- heavy water — water in which hydrogen atoms have been replaced by deuterium, used chiefly as a coolant in nuclear reactors.
- heavyweight — heavy in weight.
- hectocotyli — Plural form of hectocotylus.
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- hectopascal — An SI unit of pressure and stress equal to 100 pascals.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hedge about — If you say that something such as an offer is hedged about or is hedged around with rules or conditions, you mean that there are a lot of rules or conditions.
- heel breast — the forward side of the heel, adjoining the shank of a shoe.
- heightening — Present participle of heighten.
- heir at law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- heir-at-law — a person who inherits, or has a right of inheritance in, the real property of one who has died without leaving a valid will.
- heldentenor — a tenor having a brilliant, powerful voice suited to singing heroic roles, as in Wagnerian opera.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- heliolithic — of or relating to a civilization characterized by sun worship and megaliths
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- heliotropes — Plural form of heliotrope.
- heliotropic — turning or growing toward the light.
- heliotropin — piperonal.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hellenistic — pertaining to Hellenists.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthoid — shaped like a helminth; vermiform; wormlike.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- helmut kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- hematemesis — The vomiting of blood.
- hemathermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
- hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.