12-letter words containing a, r, m
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- haemorrhages — Plural form of haemorrhage.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- haemorrhoids — Plural form of haemorrhoid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hair implant — the insertion of synthetic fibers or human hair into the scalp to cover baldness.
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hair remover — depilatory cream
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- hamarthritis — a swollen and painful condition that can affect all the joints
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hammarskjold — Dag Hjalmar [dahg yahl-mahr] /dɑg ˈyɑl mɑr/ (Show IPA), 1905–61, Swedish statesman: Secretary General of the United Nations 1953–61; Nobel Peace Prize 1961.
- hammer drill — a rock drill operated by compressed air in which the boring bit is not attached to the reciprocating piston
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- handcraftman — handicraftsman.
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harlem river — tidal river separating Manhattan Island from the Bronx &, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connecting the East River with the Hudson: c. 8 mi (12.9 km)
- harmlessness — The characteristic of being harmless; the absence of harm.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- harmonograph — an instrument using a system of pendulums to produce geometric images
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harum-scarum — reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.