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13-letter words containing h, e, i, m, s

  • housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
  • housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
  • hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
  • hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
  • hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
  • hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
  • hysterotomies — Plural form of hysterotomy.
  • ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
  • immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
  • impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
  • inhomogeneous — lack of homogeneity.
  • isobathytherm — a line on a chart or diagram of a body of water, connecting depths having the same temperature.
  • isochromosome — an abnormal chromosome in which the two arms share identical genetic information
  • isodrosotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having an equal dew point.
  • isothermobath — a line drawn on a diagram of a vertical section of the ocean connecting all points having equal temperature.
  • kathenotheism — Belief that multiple deities exist, and different deities are supreme among them at different times.
  • krishna menon — Vengalil Krishnan [ven-gah-leel krish-nuh n] /vɛnˈgɑ lil ˈkrɪʃ nən/ (Show IPA), 1897–1974, Indian politician and statesman.
  • leishmaniasis — any infection caused by a protozoan of the genus Leishmania.
  • leishmaniosis — Alt form leishmaniasis.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • lightsomeness — (archaic) The quality of being lightsome.
  • lithesomeness — the quality of being flexible and supple
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • lymphopoiesis — the formation of lymphocytes.
  • machiavellism — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
  • machine screw — a threaded fastener, either used with a nut or driven into a tapped hole, usually having a diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or less and a slotted head for tightening by a screwdriver.
  • machine-steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
  • make mischief — cause trouble
  • mansion house — the residence of the Lord Mayor of London
  • maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
  • marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
  • maria theresa — 1717–80, archduchess of Austria; queen of Hungary and Bohemia 1740–80 (wife of Francis II; mother of Joseph II, Leopold II, Marie Antoinette).
  • marsh harrier — a European harrier, Circus aeruginosus, that frequents marshy regions
  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
  • mass hysteria — a condition affecting a group of persons, characterized by excitement or anxiety, irrational behavior or beliefs, or inexplicable symptoms of illness.
  • master switch — a switch that can be used to turn on or off the supply of electricity to a building or to certain equipment
  • match fitness — the condition of being match-fit
  • mathematicism — the belief that everything can be explained in mathematical terms
  • matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
  • mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
  • medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
  • medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
  • meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meetinghouses — Plural form of meetinghouse.
  • melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
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