11-letter words containing a, c, h, e, m
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- haemophilic — Of or pertaining to haemophilia.
- haemostatic — That promotes haemostasis.
- hamiticized — exhibiting the characteristics of or influenced by speakers of Hamitic.
- hammercloth — a cloth covering for the driver's seat on a horse-drawn carriage.
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- hatchet man — a professional murderer.
- health camp — a camp, usually at the seaside, for children requiring health care
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemostatics — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- hexadecimal — Also, hex. of or relating to a numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
- hexidecimal — (spelling) Mis-spelling of "hexadecimal".
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- homeopathic — of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homogametic — producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- humectation — A moistening.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- ice machine — machine that makes ice cubes
- impeachable — making one subject to impeachment, as misconduct in office.
- impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- inhancement — Obsolete form of enhancement.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.