11-letter words containing a, l, i, m
- grimm's law — the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- habiliments — Plural form of habiliment.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- haemophilia — (pathology) Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
- haemophilic — Of or pertaining to haemophilia.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- halomorphic — containing or resulting from the presence of neutral salts or alkaline salts or the presence of both
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hamiltonian — pertaining to or advocating Hamiltonianism.
- hammer mill — a mill for breaking up ore or crushing coal.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemeralopia — a condition of the eyes in which sight is normal in the night or in a dim light but is abnormally poor or wholly absent in the day or in a bright light.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemophiliac — Also, hemophile. a person having hemophilia.
- 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".
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- hill farmer — a farmer on a hill farm
- hippocampal — of or relating to the hippocampus.
- holy family — a representation in art of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homicidally — In a homicidal manner.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homoallylic — (organic chemistry) Containing a homoallyl radical.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homological — homologous.
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homothallic — having all mycelia alike, the opposite sexual functions being performed by different cells of a single mycelium. Compare heterothallic (def 1).
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.