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15-letter words containing h, a, m

  • apple macintosh — Macintosh
  • arc de triomphe — the triumphal arch in Paris begun by Napoleon I to commemorate his victories of 1805–6 and completed in 1836
  • arch of triumph — Arc de Triomphe.
  • archaeastronomy — (astronomy, archaeology) The historical, especially archeological, study of astronomy; the study of the astronomical systems and methods of ancient cultures often embracing the astrology and cosmology of the past.
  • archaebacterium — Any primitive bacteria-like organism in the kingdom Archaea.
  • archeoastronomy — the branch of archaeology that deals with the apparent use by prehistoric civilizations of astronomical techniques to establish the seasons or the cycle of the year, especially as evidenced in the construction of megaliths and other ritual structures.
  • arithmetic mean — an average value of a set of integers, terms, or quantities, expressed as their sum divided by their number
  • armenian church — the national Church of Armenia, founded in the early fourth century ad, the dogmas and liturgy of which are similar to those of the Orthodox Church
  • astrophotometry — the measurement of the intensity of light of celestial objects.
  • as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
  • at arm's length — If you hold something at arm's length, you hold it away from your body with your arm straight.
  • at the mercy of — in the power of
  • atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • augmented sixth — an interval greater than a major sixth by a chromatic half step.
  • automata theory — the formal study of the power of computation of abstract machines
  • automorphically — in an automorphic manner
  • autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
  • axiom of choice — the axiom of set theory that given any collection of disjoint sets, a set can be so constructed that it contains one element from each of the given sets.
  • azuchi-momoyama — a period of Japanese art, 1568–1600, characterized by construction of imposing, elegant castles and small, unadorned teahouses, lavish decorative arts, and bright-colored painting.
  • bacchanalianism — the practice of bacchanalian behaviour; drunken revelry
  • baconian method — induction (def 4a).
  • bahasa malaysia — the dialect of Malay used as the official language of Malaysia.
  • ballpeen hammer — a hammer that has one end of its head shaped in a hemisphere for beating metal, etc
  • barium chloride — a poisonous compound, BaCl2, consisting of flat white crystals that are soluble in water: it is used to treat water, metals, leather, etc.
  • barium chromate — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • barium sulphate — a white insoluble fine dense powder, used as a pigment, as a filler for paper, rubber, etc, and in barium meals. Formula: BaSO4
  • barothermograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure and temperature.
  • bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
  • bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
  • bathing-machine — a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
  • bathroom scales — scales typically kept in a bathroom for people to weigh themselves
  • bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
  • bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
  • bay of campeche — the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
  • before the mast — as an apprentice seaman
  • beside the mark — not striking the point aimed at
  • best-ball match — a match, scored by holes, in which one player competing against two or more others must score lower than the lowest scoring opponent to win a hole.
  • billing machine — a business machine used to itemize and total customer accounts, produce bills, post account records, etc.
  • biomathematical — relating to biomathematics
  • biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
  • blasphemousness — the quality of being blasphemous
  • blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
  • blenheim palace — a palace in Woodstock in Oxfordshire: built (1705–22) by Sir John Vanbrugh for the 1st Duke of Marlborough as a reward from the nation for his victory at Blenheim; gardens laid out by Henry Wise and Capability Brown; birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (1874)
  • bohemia-moravia — a former German protectorate including Bohemia and Moravia, 1939–45.
  • bohemian forest — a mountain range between the SW Czech Republic and SE Germany. Highest peak: Arber, 1457 m (4780 ft)
  • box the compass — to name the compass points in order
  • brachystomatous — having a short proboscis, as certain insects.
  • break the mould — If you say that someone breaks the mould, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • british america — British North America.
  • brompheniramine — a substance, C 16 H 19 BrN 2 , used as an antihistamine in the management of various allergies, as hay fever.
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