13-letter words containing h, e, a, d, m
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- drama therapy — a type of psychotherapy encouraging patients to use dramatic techniques to deal with emotional and psychological problems.
- dreamcatchers — Plural form of dreamcatcher.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- edam (cheese) — a mild, yellow cheese, made in a round mold and usually having a coating of red paraffin
- enchondromata — Plural form of enchondroma.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- endotheliomas — Plural form of endothelioma.
- fashion model — sb employed to show off designer clothes
- female thread — a helical groove in a cylindrical hole formed by a tap or lathe tool
- field marshal — an officer of the highest military rank in the British and certain other armies, and of the second highest rank in the French army.
- freedom march — an organized march protesting a government's restriction of or lack of support for civil rights, especially such a march in support of racial integration in the U.S. in the 1960s.
- gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
- haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- half-timbered — (of a house or building) having the frame and principal supports of timber and the interstices filled in with masonry, plaster, or the like.
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- have a mad on — to be angry
- head linesman — an official who makes rulings regarding play along the line of scrimmage and who oversees the measurement and marking of yardage gained or lost
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- herbal remedy — a medical treatment made with herbs
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hypolipidemia — (medicine) A lower than normal concentration of lipids in the blood.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- lamaze method — a method by which an expectant mother is prepared for childbirth by education, psychological and physical conditioning, and breathing exercises.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
- magnetic head — head (def 33).