11-letter words containing e, r, y, m
- gray market — a market operating within the law but charging prices substantially below list prices or those fixed by an official agency.
- gray matter — Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray. Compare white matter.
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.
- grey matter — You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter.
- grey mullet — any teleost food fish of the family Mugilidae, mostly occurring in coastal regions, having a spindle-shaped body and a broad fleshy mouth
- gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
- gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
- hammer away — If you hammer away at a task or activity, you work at it constantly and with great energy.
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemerythrin — a type of protein responsible for oxygen transportation in some marine invertebrates
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).
- heterophemy — The use of one word or phrase when another is meant.
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
- homeomorphy — the occurrence of two fossil species that appear to be similar although they are unrelated, happening as a result of convergent evolution
- homeothermy — The state or condition of being homeothermic.
- homopolymer — a polymer consisting of a single species of monomer, as polyadenylic acid or polyglutamic acid.
- honeymooner — A person on his/her honeymoon.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hydrometeor — liquid water or ice in the atmosphere in various forms, as rain, ice crystals, hail, fog, or clouds.
- hydrometers — Plural form of hydrometer.
- hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
- hygrometers — Plural form of hygrometer.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hymenophore — the fruiting body of some basidiomycetous fungi
- hymenoptera — hymenopteran.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperemesis — vomitus.
- hyperemetic — characterized by extreme and unrelenting vomiting
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hypermarket — a combined supermarket and department store.
- hypermeters — Plural form of hypermeter.
- hypermetric — Having a redundant syllable.
- hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypermodern — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- hypermotile — Abnormally or excessively motile.