11-letter words starting with he
- 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.
- hedge apple — osage orange.
- hedgeapples — Plural form of hedgeapple.
- hedgehopped — Simple past tense and past participle of hedgehop.
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- heedfulness — The state or quality of being heedful.
- heel breast — the forward side of the heel, adjoining the shank of a shoe.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- heightening — Present participle of heighten.
- heinousness — The property of being heinous.
- 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.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- 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.
- heliophobia — Fear of sunlight.
- heliophobic — fearing or unable to withstand sunlight
- heliophytes — a plant that grows best in full sunlight.
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
- heliosphere — the region around the sun over which the effect of the solar wind extends.
- 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.
- helispheric — spiral
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hell-bender — a large salamander, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, of rivers and streams in eastern North America, having a flat, stout body and broad head.
- hell-raiser — a person who behaves in a rowdy, riotous manner, especially habitually.
- hellbenders — Plural form of hellbender.
- helleborein — a yellow, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, C 37 H 56 O 18 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a heart stimulant.
- helleborine — A mainly woodland orchid occurring chiefly in north temperate regions.
- 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.
- hellishness — The property of being hellish.
- hello money — a charge made by a retailer to a supplier for introducing the supplier's goods to its stores
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthoid — shaped like a helminth; vermiform; wormlike.