12-letter words containing e, n, m
- homogenising — Present participle of homogenise.
- homogenizing — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- honeycombing — Present participle of honeycomb.
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- honeymooning — (of a married couple) On a honeymoon.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
- hope diamond — a sapphire-blue Indian diamond, the largest blue diamond in the world, weighing 44.5 carats and supposedly cut from a bigger diamond that was once part of the French crown jewels: now in the Smithsonian Institution.
- horse manure — horse's excrement
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- house number — the unique number given to each building on a street which forms part of that building's address
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- human genome — genetic code of human beings
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- humorousness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous.
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hymenopteron — hymenopteran.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypokeimenon — Alternative spelling of hupokeimenon.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- ian maclaren — James Dewey, born 1928, U.S. biologist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1962.
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs
- iceland moss — an edible lichen, Cetraria islandica, of arctic regions, containing a starchlike substance used in medicine.
- iliamna lake — the largest lake in Alaska, in the SW part. 1022 sq. mi. (2647 sq. km).
- ill-informed — lacking adequate or proper knowledge or information, as in one particular subject or in a variety of subjects: The public is ill-informed of the danger.
- ill-mannered — having bad or poor manners; impolite; discourteous; rude.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- imagineering — the implementing of creative ideas into practical form.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immersionism — the doctrine that immersion is essential to Christian baptism.
- immiseration — to make miserable.
- immiserising — immiserate.
- immiserizing — immiserate.
- immoderation — lack of moderation.
- immune serum — a serum containing naturally or artificially produced antibodies to a given antigen, obtained from human or animal sources.
- imogene coca — Imogene, 1908–2001, U.S. comic actress.