10-letter words containing e, m, p, h
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hypomotile — Less than usually motile.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- hypsometer — thermobarometer (def 1).
- hypsometry — vertical control in mapping; the establishment of elevations or altitudes.
- impeaching — Present participle of impeach.
- impishness — The state or quality of being impish; mischievousness.
- imposthume — (obsolete) an abscess.
- impoverish — to reduce to poverty: a country impoverished by war.
- jamshedpur — a city in SE Jharkhand, in NE India.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- lamp shell — a mollusklike marine animal; brachiopod.
- lamp-shade — a shade, usually translucent or opaque, for shielding the glare of a light source in a lamp or for directing the light to a particular area.
- lampholder — a fixture for an electric light bulb
- lampshades — Plural form of lampshade.
- limitrophe — (of a country or region) on or near a frontier
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lumpfishes — Plural form of lumpfish.
- lymph node — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphedema — the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue with accompanying swelling, often of the extremities: sometimes caused by inflammation, obstruction, or removal of lymph channels.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- mareograph — marigraph.
- mastership — the office, function, or authority of a master.
- media hype — intensive or exaggerated publicity in the mass media
- mediumship — The state of being a medium (psychic conduit).
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- mellophone — a marching or military band brass instrument similar in appearance and range to the French horn but slightly smaller and simpler to play.
- membership — the state of being a member, as of a society or club.
- menophania — menarche.
- mentorship — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mesohippus — any of a group of prehistoric horselike animals of the genus Mesohippus, which had three toes and which lived during the Oligocene epoch
- mesomorphs — Plural form of mesomorph.
- mesomorphy — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.