12-letter words containing a, t, h, e, m, i
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- metathetical — (linguistics) exhibiting metathesis.
- metathinking — Thought about the process of thinking.
- metathoracic — Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methohexital — a barbiturate anesthetic, used in its sodium form, C 1 4 H 1 7 N 2 NaO 3 , for induction of general anesthesia or for anesthesia of short duration.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- mismatchment — an inappropriate match
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- monothematic — having a single theme.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
- nomothetical — Nomothetic.
- non-empathic — of, relating to, or characterized by empathy, the psychological identification with the feelings, thoughts, or attitudes of others: a sensitive, empathetic school counselor.
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
- photomachine — a machine that prints copies of digital photographs
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- saint-mihiel — a town in NE France, on the Meuse River, NW of Nancy: captured by American forces 1918.
- semiattached — partially attached; semidetached.
- semidetached — partly detached.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money