10-letter words containing a, d, h, r, m
- hemihedral — (of a crystal) having only half the planes or faces required by the maximum symmetry of the system to which it belongs.
- herdswoman — The female equivalent of a herdsman.
- home brand — an item packaged and marketed under the brand name of a particular retailer, usually a large supermarket chain, rather than that of the manufacturer
- home guard — a volunteer force used for meeting local emergencies when the regular armed forces are needed elsewhere.
- hoover dam — official name of Boulder Dam.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrosomal — of or relating to a hydrosome
- hypermedia — hypertext
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- khidmatgar — (in India) a waiter.
- khidmutgar — a male servant, esp one who serves at table
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- maidenhair — any fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and delicate, finely divided fronds.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- marblehead — a resort in NE Massachusetts: yachting.
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- marsh deer — a large South American deer, Blastocerus dichotomus, that lives in forests near rivers and swamps: an endangered species.
- marshalled — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshfield — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- marshlands — Plural form of marshland.
- matchboard — a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.
- mischarged — Simple past tense and past participle of mischarge.
- mithridate — a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison.
- ml threads — SML/NJ with mutual exclusion primitives similar to those in Modula-2+ and Mesa. Written by Greg Morrisett <[email protected]>. Implementations for Motorola 68020, SPARC and MIPS and VAX- and MIPS-based multiprocessors.
- motherland — one's native land.
- motherload — A very large amount of something valuable.
- mouthguard — A device that fits into the mouth over one or both arches of teeth, which is usually made of plastic. They may be used to protect aginst injury during sport or fighting, or may serve a medical purpose.
- nightdream — A dream that is experienced at night, sometimes as distinguished from a daydream. (from 16th c.).
- orchardman — A man who owns or tends an orchard.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- padma shri — (in India) an award for distinguished service in any field
- permadeath — (in a game, often a video game) the permanent death of a defeated character, after which the player of the game cannot continue with the same character.
- photodrama — photoplay.
- rhabdomere — one of the many parts that makes up a rhabdom
- rheumatoid — resembling rheumatism.
- rhomboidal — shaped almost like a diamond or rhomboid
- rich media — any internet content that interacts with the user, for example by expanding or streaming video content when the user's mouse hovers over it
- third mate — the officer of a merchant vessel next in command beneath the second mate.
- threadworm — any of various nematode worms, especially a pinworm.
- timberhead — the top end of a timber, rising above the deck and serving for belaying ropes.
- unhampered — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- vardhamana — a semilegendary teacher, believed to have died c480 b.c., who reformed older doctrines to establish Jainism in its present form: regarded as the twenty-fourth and latest Tirthankara.