11-letter words containing c, h, r, e, m
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemeralopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in bright light; day-blind; suffering from hemeralopia.
- hemicranial — Relating to hemicrania.
- hemimorphic — (of a crystal) having the two ends of an axis unlike in their planes or modifications; lacking a center of symmetry.
- hemispheric — of or relating to a hemisphere.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home screen — television.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- homewrecker — One who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homodimeric — Of or pertaining to a homodimer.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homothermic — (biology) warm-blooded.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hyperemetic — characterized by extreme and unrelenting vomiting
- hypermetric — Having a redundant syllable.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.