9-letter words containing h, a, e, m, i
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hemogenia — pseudohemophilia.
- herbalism — The study or practice of the medicinal and therapeutic use of plants, now especially as a form of alternative medicine.
- herbarium — a collection of dried plants systematically arranged.
- hermitage — the habitation of a hermit.
- hetaerism — concubinage.
- hetairism — Alternative form of hetaerism.
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- hierogram — a sacred symbol, as an emblem, pictograph, or the like.
- high beam — an automobile headlight beam providing bright, long-range illumination of a darkened road and chiefly for use in driving in nonurban areas.
- hillerman — Tony, 1925–2008, U.S. novelist and anthropologist.
- himyarite — one of an ancient people of southern Arabia speaking a Semitic language.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- histamine — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- hobohemia — A community of hoboes.
- housemaid — a female servant employed in general domestic work in a home, especially to do housework.
- humanised — Simple past tense and past participle of humanise.
- humanized — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizer — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humanize.
- humanlike — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- humiliate — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- hydraemia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hydramide — (organic compound) One of a group of crystalline bodies produced by the action of ammonia on certain aldehydes.
- hydramine — an amine derived from a glycol in which one hydroxyl is replaced by an amino group.
- hymettian — a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens. 3370 feet (1027 meters).
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- impeached — Simple past tense and past participle of impeach.
- impeaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impeach.
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhambane — a seaport in SE Mozambique.
- ischaemia — local deficiency of blood supply produced by vasoconstriction or local obstacles to the arterial flow.
- ischaemic — (UK, pathology, cardiology) alternative spelling of ischemic.
- lasherism — (jargon, algorithm) (Harvard) A program that solves a standard problem (such as the Eight Queens Puzzle or implementing the life algorithm) in a deliberately nonstandard way. Distinguished from a crock or kluge by the fact that the programmer did it on purpose as a mental exercise. Such constructions are quite popular in exercises such as the Obfuscated C contest, and occasionally in retrocomputing. Lew Lasher was a student at Harvard around 1980 who became notorious for such behaviour.
- machinate — Engage in plots and intrigues; scheme.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- made dish — a dish consisting of a number of different ingredients cooked together
- maghemite — a strongly magnetic dimorph of hematite.
- maidenish — Resembling or characteristic of a maiden.
- mainsheet — a sheet of a mainsail.
- make with — to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc.: to make a dress; to make a channel; to make a work of art.
- makeshift — a temporary expedient or substitute: We used boxes as a makeshift while the kitchen chairs were being painted.
- malachite — a green mineral, basic copper carbonate, Cu 2 CO 3 (OH) 2 , an ore of copper, used for making ornamental articles.
- manichean — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- manicheus — Manes.
- marchlike — (music) Resembling a march.
- mariehamn — a seaport on S Åland Island, in the Baltic.
- markevich — Igor [ee-guh r] /ˈi gər/ (Show IPA), 1912–83, Russian conductor and composer.
- marshlike — Resembling a marsh or some aspect of one.