8-letter words containing h, a, e, m
- methadon — a synthetic narcotic, C 2 1 H 2 8 ClNO, similar to morphine but effective orally, used in the relief of pain and as a heroin substitute in the treatment of heroin addiction.
- methanal — formaldehyde.
- methanol — methyl alcohol.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- mezuzahs — Plural form of mezuzah.
- misheard — to hear incorrectly or imperfectly: to mishear a remark.
- mishears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mishear.
- misshape — to shape badly or wrongly; deform.
- misteach — to teach wrongly or badly.
- mohammed — ("the Conqueror") 1430–81, sultan of Turkey 1451–81: conqueror of Constantinople 1453.
- moorhead — a city in W Minnesota.
- moschate — having a musky smell.
- muckheap — Dunghill; dung heap.
- mulhacen — a mountain in S Spain: the highest peak in Spain. 11,411 feet (3478 meters).
- mushhead — a stupid person.
- mustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- nehemiah — a Hebrew leader of the 5th century b.c.
- new math — a unified, sequential system of teaching arithmetic and mathematics in accord with set theory so as to reveal basic concepts: used in some U.S. schools, especially in the 1960s and 1970s.
- nymphaea — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- nymphean — Of or pertaining to a nymph or nymphs.
- obeahism — the custom of or faith in the form of witchcraft known as obeah
- outshame — to shame greatly or surpass in shamefulness
- pamphlet — a complete publication of generally less than 80 pages stitched or stapled together and usually having a paper cover.
- pamphrey — a cabbage
- pathname — the sequence of symbols and names indicating the location of a particular file in a hierarchical file system.
- peamouth — a minnow, Mylocheilus caurinus, of northwestern U.S. and British Columbian waters.
- phonecam — a digital camera incorporated in a mobile phone
- prehuman — preceding the appearance or existence of human beings: the prehuman ages.
- ramphele — Mamphela. born 1947, Black South African political activist: partner of Steve Biko; a director of the World Bank (2000–04); founded the political party Agang (2013)
- rehammer — to hammer again
- rehoboam — the successor of Solomon and the first king of Judah, reigned 922?–915? b.c. I Kings 11:43.
- rhamnose — deoxymannose; a deoxy hexose sugar, C 6 H 1 2 O 5 , that is an important component of the polysaccharides of plant cell walls.
- rhematic — pertaining to the formation of words.
- samphire — a European succulent plant, Crithmum maritimum, of the parsley family, having compound leaves and small, whitish flowers, growing in clefts of rock near the sea.
- schemata — a diagram, plan, or scheme. Synonyms: outline, framework, model.
- schiedam — a city in SW Netherlands.
- schmatte — an old ragged garment; tattered article of clothing.
- semiarch — a half arch.
- semihard — partly hard; not completely hard
- seraphim — a plural of seraph.
- shambled — to walk or go awkwardly; shuffle.
- shambles — a shambling gait.
- shame on — shame should be felt by; this is shameful of
- shameful — causing shame: shameful behavior.
- shamisen — a Japanese plucked stringed instrument with a long neck, an unfretted fingerboard, and a rectangular soundbox
- shareman — a member of a fishing-boat crew who shares profits with the boat's owner in lieu of wages
- she-male — a male-to-female transsexual
- shearman — a person whose occupation it is to trim or shear cloth
- sheepman — a person engaged in the tending or breeding of sheep, especially the owner of a sheep ranch.
- shipmate — a person who serves with another on the same vessel.