11-letter words containing t, o, l, h
- heptathlons — Plural form of heptathlon.
- herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- heteroclite — irregular or abnormal; anomalous.
- heterocycle — (organic chemistry) A heterocyclic compound or ring.
- heterodoxly — In a heterodox manner.
- heterolayer — Any of a series of thin layers of different materials in a semiconductor (or similar) device.
- heterolysis — The dissolution of cells by lysins or enzymes from different species.
- heterolytic — Of or pertaining to heterolysis.
- 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).
- heterostyly — the condition in certain plants, such as primroses, of having styles of different lengths, each type of style in flowers on different plants, which promotes cross-pollination
- heterotelic — (of an entity or event) having the purpose of its existence or occurrence outside of or apart from itself.
- hills hoist — an Australian brand of rotary clothesline
- hippologist — the study of horses.
- hirsutulous — hirtellous.
- histologist — a specialist in histology.
- historyless — Lacking history.
- hittitology — the study of Hittite language and culture.
- hobbletehoy — Archaic form of hobbledehoy.
- hold button — a button on a telephone that enables someone to interrupt an incoming call temporarily in order to answer another call.
- hold out on — to delay in or keep from telling (a person) some new or important information
- hollow tile — tile (def 5).
- hollowpoint — Alternative form of hollow point.
- holman hunt — (James Henry) Leigh [lee] /li/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
- holobenthic — (of an animal) completing its life cycle in the ocean depths
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holophytism — the property of being holophytic
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
- holy father — a title of the pope.
- holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
- holy spirit — the spirit of God.
- holy terror — a difficult or frightening person
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homothallic — having all mycelia alike, the opposite sexual functions being performed by different cells of a single mycelium. Compare heterothallic (def 1).
- homothermal — homoiothermal.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- honey plant — any of various plants that are particularly useful in providing bees with nectar
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- hop trefoil — a leguminous plant, Trifolium campestre, of N temperate grasslands, with globular yellow flower heads and trifoliate leaves
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- horripilant — causing horripilation, ie goose flesh, or the flesh to creep