11-letter words containing y, e, h
- ephemerally — In an ephemeral manner.
- epiphyllous — (of plants) growing on, or attached to, the leaf of another plant
- epiphytotic — Relating to epiphytosis.
- epithymetic — characterized by desire
- erythorbate — erythorbic acid; a food additive used as an antioxidant
- erythraemia — polycythaemia vera
- erythristic — Exhibiting erythrism.
- erythrocyte — A red blood cell that (in humans) is typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus. Erythrocytes contain the pigment hemoglobin, which imparts the red color to blood, and transport oxygen and carbon dioxide to and from the tissues.
- erythronium — A plant of a genus that includes dogtooth violet.
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- erythrosine — a fluorone, tetraiodo-fluorescein, which is used as a red food colouring (E127) and in biological staining
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- ethereality — The quality of being ethereal.
- ethnobotany — The scientific study of the traditional knowledge and customs of a people concerning plants and their medical, religious, and other uses.
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- ethyl ether — chemical anaesthetic; ether
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- eurythermal — (of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
- every other — alternate
- everywhence — from all directions
- everywheres — (nonstandard) Everywhere.
- exhaustedly — In an exhausted manner.
- exhortatory — Serving to exhort.
- exophthalmy — Archaic form of exophthalmia.
- eye-catcher — something that especially attracts one's attention
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- faithlessly — In a faithless manner.
- fatheadedly — in a fatheaded manner
- feather key — a rectangular key connecting the keyways of a shaft and a hub of a gear, pulley, etc., fastened in one keyway and free to slide in the other so that the hub can drive or be driven by the shaft at various positions along it.
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- fifteenthly — in the fifteenth place or position
- fifty-eight — a cardinal number, 50 plus 8.
- fifty-three — a cardinal number, 50 plus 3.
- fire cherry — pin cherry.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- forty-eight — a cardinal number, 40 plus 8.
- forty-three — a cardinal number, 40 plus 3.
- french navy — a dark dull navy blue
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- germ theory — Pathology. the theory that infectious diseases are due to the agency of germs or microorganisms.