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11-letter words containing l, a, h

  • alley light — a searchlight mounted on a public-safety vehicle or other motor vehicle for sideways lighting.
  • allocheiria — a medical condition in which sensation is felt at a different point on the body from that stimulated
  • allochronic — (biology, of taxa) occurring in different geologic time.
  • allographic — Relating to allographs or allography.
  • allomorphic — any of two or more different forms of the same chemical compound.
  • allophylian — (of languages, especially those of Europe and Asia) neither Indo-European nor Semitic.
  • aloha shirt — Hawaiian shirt
  • aloha state — Hawaii (used as a nickname).
  • alpha brass — a type of brass that contains less than 35 per cent zinc
  • alpha cells — cells in the anterior pituitary that contain acidophil granules
  • alpha cygni — Deneb
  • alpha decay — the radioactive decay process resulting in emission of alpha particles
  • alpha helix — a helical conformation of a polypeptide chain, found abundantly in the structure of proteins
  • alpha lyrae — Vega1
  • alpha mummy — a woman who excels in the art of motherhood
  • alpha stock — any of the most active securities on the Stock Exchange of which there are between 100 and 200; at least ten market makers must continuously display the prices of an alpha stock and all transactions in them must be published immediately
  • alpha tauri — Aldebaran
  • alpha-omega — the beginning and the end. Rev. 1:8.
  • alpha-waves — a pattern of slow brain waves (alpha waves) in normal persons at rest with closed eyes, thought by some to be associated with an alert but daydreaming mind.
  • alphabetise — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of alphabetize.
  • alphabetize — to arrange in conventional alphabetical order
  • altar cloth — the cloth used for covering an altar: often applied also to the frontal
  • altazimuths — Plural form of altazimuth.
  • alto-phobia — an abnormal fear of heights; acrophobia.
  • alzheimer's — a common form of dementia, believed to be caused by changes in the brain, usually beginning in late middle age, characterized by memory lapses, confusion, emotional instability, and progressive loss of mental ability.
  • amelanchier — A tree or shrub of a genus that includes the juneberries.
  • aminophenol — any of three isomeric forms that are soluble crystalline solids, used as a dye intermediate (meta- and ortho-), in dyeing hair, fur, and textiles (ortho- and para-), and as a photographic developer (para-). Formula: C6H4NH2OH
  • ammophilous — (of organisms) living or growing in sand
  • amorphously — lacking definite form; having no specific shape; formless: the amorphous clouds.
  • amphibolite — a metamorphic rock consisting mainly of amphibole and plagioclase
  • amphibology — ambiguity of expression, esp when due to a grammatical construction, as in save rags and waste paper
  • amphibolous — ambiguous or equivocal, especially when due to the uncertain grammatical construction of a word or phrase.
  • amphicelous — concave on both sides, as the bodies of the vertebrae of fishes.
  • amphichiral — (mathematics) superimposable on its mirror image; achiral.
  • amphilochus — a seer, the son of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, and the brother of Alcmaeon.
  • amphiphilic — relating to or characterizing an amphiphile
  • amphistylar — (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides
  • amphophilic — (cytology) That can be stained with either an acidic or basic dye.
  • anacoloutha — Plural form of anacolouthon.
  • anacoluthia — lack of grammatical sequence, esp within a single sentence
  • anacoluthic — Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
  • anacoluthon — a construction that involves the change from one grammatical sequence to another within a single sentence; an example of anacoluthia
  • analphabete — illiterate person
  • anaphorical — of or relating to an anaphora
  • anaphylaxis — extreme sensitivity to an injected antigen, esp a protein, following a previous injection
  • ancho chili — a dried poblano pepper, reddish-brown in color, used esp. in Mexican cooking
  • anchor ball — a day shape consisting of a black ball not less than 2 feet (0.6 meters) in diameter, displayed in the fore rigging of a vessel at anchor.
  • anchor bell — a bell rung in foggy weather by a vessel at anchor.
  • anchor bolt — any of several kinds of bolts inserted and fixed in masonry as a hold for timbers, shelves, etc.
  • androphilic — Sexually attracted to men.
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