12-letter words containing h, e, i, m
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gamesmanship — the use of methods, especially in a sports contest, that are dubious or seemingly improper but not strictly illegal.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- habilimented — Clothed.
- haematemesis — Alternative spelling of hematemesis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemogenesis — Haematopoiesis.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- haemorrhoids — Plural form of haemorrhoid.
- haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hair remover — depilatory cream
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- hammer drill — a rock drill operated by compressed air in which the boring bit is not attached to the reciprocating piston
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- harlem river — tidal river separating Manhattan Island from the Bronx &, with Spuyten Duyvil Creek, connecting the East River with the Hudson: c. 8 mi (12.9 km)
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- have in mind — to remember
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.