12-letter words containing e, y, a, m
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperlipemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypermarkets — Plural form of hypermarket.
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersarcoma — a growth of proud or fungous flesh
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperthermal — Also, thermic. of, relating to, or caused by heat or temperature: thermal capacity.
- hyperthermia — Pathology. abnormally high fever.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
- immaculately — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.