15-letter words containing a, h, m
- hypoionian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
- hypopituitarism — abnormally diminished activity of the pituitary gland, especially of the anterior lobe.
- hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
- hypovitaminosis — Insufficiency of one or more essential vitamins in the body.
- i'll eat my hat — I will be greatly surprised if (something that proves me wrong) happens
- identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
- imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- in the majority — the largest group
- in the same way — similarly
- interchangement — the act of interchanging
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- karaoke machine — a device that plays a prerecorded backing tape, to which people take it in turns to sing
- katathermometer — a thermometer used to measure the cooling power of ambient air
- keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
- king's champion — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
- lavatory humour — humour characterized by excessive mention of lavatories and the excretory functions; vulgar or scatological humour
- law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
- lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
- lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
- lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
- lutzow-holm bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Enderby Land.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- macaroni cheese — Macaroni cheese is a dish made from macaroni and cheese sauce.
- machine gunning — the act of using a machine gun
- machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
- macrophotograph — a photograph taken at very close range
- mad as a hatter — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.