10-letter words containing h, a, e, m
- megaphoned — Simple past tense and past participle of megaphone.
- megaphones — Plural form of megaphone.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- megatheres — Plural form of megathere.
- megathrust — (geology) A sudden slip along a fault between a subducting and an overriding plate; results in a major earthquake.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- menarcheal — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- menophania — menarche.
- menorrhoea — menstrual flow.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration
- mesothelia — Plural form of mesothelium.
- mesothorax — the middle segment of the three divisions of the thorax of an insect, bearing the second pair of legs and the first pair of wings.
- metaethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metahumans — Plural form of metahuman.
- metal lath — any of various meshlike laths of metal for plastering.
- metalsmith — a person skilled in making articles of metal.
- metaphasic — Relating to metaphase.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphrase — a literal translation.
- metaphrast — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metatheory — a theory devised to analyze a theory.
- metatheses — Plural form of metathesis.
- metathesis — the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buh l] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ (Show IPA) for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ (Show IPA) for ask.
- metathetic — the transposition of letters, syllables, or sounds in a word, as in the pronunciation [kuhmf-ter-buh l] /ˈkʌmf tər bəl/ (Show IPA) for comfortable or [aks] /æks/ (Show IPA) for ask.
- metathorax — the posterior division of the thorax of an insect, bearing the third pair of legs and the second pair of wings.
- methacetin — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 9 H 1 1 NO 2 , used for relieving pain and reducing or preventing fever.
- methanogen — any of a diverse group of widely distributed archaebacteria that occur in anaerobic environments, as the intestinal tracts of animals, freshwater and marine sediments, and sewage, and are capable of producing methane from a limited number of substrates, including carbon dioxide and hydrogen, acetate, and methylamines: an important source of natural gas.
- methanolic — Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- methodical — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- methuselah — a patriarch who lived 969 years. Gen. 5:27.
- methylated — Simple past tense and past participle of methylate.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- michaelmas — a festival celebrated on September 29 in honor of the archangel Michael.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- mid-mashie — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a midiron but less slope than a mashie iron.
- midchannel — (geography) In the middle of a channel.
- middlehand — the player on the dealer's right in a game with three players. Compare endhand, forehand (def 7).
- milk shake — a frothy drink made of cold milk, flavoring, and usually ice cream, shaken together or blended in a mixer.
- milkshakes — Plural form of milkshake.
- mimeograph — a printing machine with an ink-fed drum, around which a cut waxed stencil is placed and which rotates as successive sheets of paper are fed into it.
- mineshafts — Plural form of mineshaft.
- mis-shaped — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.