11-letter words containing h, a, r, m
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- magherafelt — a district of N Northern Ireland, in Co Londonderry. Pop: 40 837 (2003 est). Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
- mahabharata — an epic poem of India dealing mainly with the conflict between the Pandavas and the Kauravas, with many digressions: includes the Bhagavad-Gita.
- maharashtra — a state in W central India. 118,800 sq. mi. (307,690 sq. km). Capital: Mumbai.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- male thread — a helical ridge on a cylindrical bar, rod, shank, etc, formed by a die or lathe tool
- malebranche — Nicolas de [nee-kaw-lah duh] /ni kɔˈlɑ də/ (Show IPA), 1638–1715, French philosopher.
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.
- mammy chair — a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manure heap — a pile of animal excreta, esp on a farm, kept for use as fertiliser
- marathonian — a native or inhabitant of Marathon.
- marathoning — the sport of running marathons
- march break — a school holiday, usually for a week, during March
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
- marsh elder — any of various composite plants of the genus Iva, as I. frutescens, that grow in salt marshes.
- marsh grass — cordgrass.
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
- marshallers — Plural form of marshaller.
- marshallese — a native or inhabitant of the Marshall Islands, especially a member of a Micronesian people native to these Islands.
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- marshmallow — a sweetened paste or confection made from the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow.
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- master bath — a private bathroom adjoining a master bedroom.
- master hand — an expert: a master hand at diplomacy.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- matriarchal — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matriarchic — Matriarchal.
- matrix math — (language) An early system on the UNIVAC I or II.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- megatheriid — (zoology) Any member of the Megatheriidae.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- mekhitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.