11-letter words containing h, a, s, e, n
- mantelshelf — mantel (def 2).
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marshlander — a person inhabiting marshland
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- master hand — an expert: a master hand at diplomacy.
- matthiessen — Peter, 1927–2014, U.S. novelist and travel writer.
- mawkishness — characterized by sickly sentimentality; weakly emotional; maudlin.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- methanogens — Plural form of methanogen.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misbehaving — to behave badly or improperly: The children misbehaved during our visit.
- mishappened — Simple past tense and past participle of mishappen.
- misteaching — Present participle of misteach.
- moshe dayan — Moshe [maw-she;; English moh-shuh] /mɔˈʃɛ;; English ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
- motherlands — Plural form of motherland.
- munchhausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- muttonheads — Plural form of muttonhead.
- myxasthenia — defective secretion of mucus.
- nacogdoches — a city in N Texas.
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- nanospheres — Plural form of nanosphere.
- native bush — indigenous forest
- naughtiness — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- nearshoring — the practice of moving one's employees or business activities from a distant country back to a country that is nearby: The U.S.-based company is focusing on the nearshoring of its customer-service operations from India to Canada. Compare offshoring.
- nearsighted — seeing distinctly at a short distance only; myopic.
- netherlands — the, (used with a singular or plural verb) a kingdom in W Europe, bordering on the North Sea, Germany, and Belgium. 13,433 sq. mi. (34,790 sq. km). Capitals: Amsterdam and The Hague.
- nettle rash — urticaria resulting from contact with various plants causing local irritation.
- nietzschean — the philosophy of Nietzsche, emphasizing the will to power as the chief motivating force of both the individual and society.
- niggerheads — Plural form of niggerhead.
- night snake — a nocturnal, mildly venomous New World snake, Hypsiglena torquata, having a gray or yellowish body marked with dark brown spots.
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightshades — Plural form of nightshade.
- nizhnekamsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- no mean sth — You can use no mean in expressions such as 'no mean writer' and 'no mean golfer' to indicate that someone does something well.
- noah's dove — the constellation Columba.
- nonadhesive — coated with glue, paste, mastic, or other sticky substance: adhesive bandages.
- nonwashable — Not washable.
- northeaster — New England and South Atlantic States. a wind or gale from the northeast.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nurse shark — any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.