10-letter words containing h, a, e, m
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kentishman — a native or inhabitant of Kent, England.
- kermanshah — a city in W Iran.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- kumbh mela — a Hindu festival held once every twelve years in one of four sacred sites, where bathing for purification from sin is considered especially efficacious
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- 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.
- largemouth — Applied to various kinds of fish characterized by a large mouth.
- lattermath — a second mowing or crop of grass from land that has already been harvested in the same year
- lavishment — The act of lavishing.
- leatherman — A member of a homosexual male subculture that grew out of male-only motorcycle clubs formed by homosexual veterans returning from World War II, stressing masculinity in contradiction to androgynous and effeminate gay stereotypes, characterized by a fetish for leather gear and wear, a sense of hierarchy, and a fraternal, militaristic code of protocol and behavior, often involving BDSM practices.
- leishmania — any parasitic flagellate protozoan of the genus Leishmania, occurring in vertebrates in an oval or spherical, nonflagellate form, and in invertebrates in an elongated, flagellated form.
- lengthsman — a lengthman
- leuchaemia — leukaemia
- light meat — any meat that is light-colored before cooking, as veal or chicken (distinguished from red meat).
- lighterman — a person who navigates a lighter.
- lithomarge — kaolin in compact, massive, usually impure form.
- loathesome — Misspelling of loathsome.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lukewarmth — lukewarmness
- lumachella — Alternative form of lumachel.
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- 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.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- machinable — (of a material) capable of being cut or shaped with machine tools. Compare free-machining.
- machinated — Simple past tense and past participle of machinate.
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- machinegun — Alternative spelling of machine gun.
- machineman — a worker in charge of a machine
- maconochie — a tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War 1
- 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.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- mahoganies — Plural form of mahogany.
- maidenhair — any fern of the genus Adiantum, the cultivated species of which have fine, glossy stalks and delicate, finely divided fronds.
- maidenhead — the hymen.
- maidenhood — the state or time of being a maiden or virgin.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- mainsheets — Plural form of mainsheet.
- make a hit — If you make a hit with someone, they like you or are impressed by you when they meet you.
- make haste — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- make shift — to manage or do the best one can (with whatever means are at hand)
- make-ahead — that can be prepared in advance: a make-ahead casserole.
- makeshifts — Plural form of makeshift.
- makeweight — something put in a scale to complete a required weight.