12-letter words containing c, h, o, r, e, m
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hypercomplex — (mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- 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).
- metathoracic — Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- methoxychlor — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 , used as an insecticide.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- monochloride — a chloride containing one atom of chlorine with one atom of another element or a group.
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- myrmecochory — the dispersal of fruits and seeds by ants
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- myrmecophyte — A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- on the march — If a group of soldiers are on the march, they are marching somewhere.
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- ormond beach — a town in NE Florida.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.