12-letter words containing c, h, i, r, m
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- encipherment — The act or process of enciphering; encryption.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- 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
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hydromorphic — of or relating to soil having characteristics that are developed when there is excess water all or part of the time.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperlipemic — characterized by an excessive level of fat in the blood
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperthermic — Having a very high body temperature.
- hypsochromic — (physics) Of a change in the position of a spectral band, to a higher frequency.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- idiorhythmic — (of an institution) allowing each member to regulate his or her own life
- inharmonical — Alternative form of inharmonic.
- intrenchment — Archaic spelling of entrenchment.
- isochromatic — Optics. having the same color or tint.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.