13-letter words containing a, b, m, h
- demothballing — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- elasmobranchs — Plural form of elasmobranch.
- embranchments — Plural form of embranchment.
- establishment — The action of establishing something or being established.
- first chamber — the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber (First Chamber) and a lower chamber (Second Chamber)
- float chamber — Automotive. the bowl-shaped section of a carburetor in which a reserve of fuel is maintained, the fuel level being regulated by a float.
- habit of mind — If someone has a particular habit of mind, they usually think in that particular way.
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- herbal remedy — a medical treatment made with herbs
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- home assembly — assembly at home of something supplied in pieces
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypometabolic — Relating to hypometabolism.
- ibrahim pasha — 1789–1848, Egyptian general: governor of Syria 1833–40 (son of Mehemet Ali).
- immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
- isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
- isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
- lamellibranch — bivalve.
- liebfraumilch — a white wine produced chiefly in the region of Hesse in Germany.
- lower chamber — lower house.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- machinability — The condition of being machinable.
- madhya bharat — a former state of central India; now included in Madhya Pradesh.
- magma chamber — a reservoir of magma in the earth's crust where the magma may reside temporarily on its way from the upper mantle to the earth's surface
- mahabalipuram — a village in NE Tamil Nadu, in SE India: Hindu temples; early Dravidian architecture.
- mao inhibitor — any of various substances, as isocarboxazid and phenelzine, that block enzymatic breakdown of certain monoamine neurotransmitters: used to treat severe depression. Abbreviation: MAOI.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- marching band — musical group that parades
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- membranophone — any musical instrument, as a drum, in which the sound is produced by striking, rubbing, or blowing against a membrane stretched over a frame.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- merchant bank — a private banking firm engaged chiefly in investing in new issues of securities and in accepting bills of exchange in foreign trade.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- methylparaben — a fine, white, needlelike substance, C 8 H 8 O 3 , used chiefly as a preservative in foods and pharmaceuticals.
- microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.