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

  • astonishments — Plural form of astonishment.
  • athematically — in an athematic manner
  • atmospherical — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
  • atomic theory — any theory in which matter is regarded as consisting of atoms, esp that proposed by John Dalton postulating that elements are composed of atoms that can combine in definite proportions to form compounds
  • atomic weight — the weight of one atom of an element expressed in atomic mass units: it is the average weight of all the isotopes of the element
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • bantamweights — Plural form of bantamweight.
  • bartholomew i — (Dimitrios Archontonis) born 1940, Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1991.
  • bathylimnetic — (of an organism) living in the depths of lakes and marshes
  • benefit match — a sports match organized to raise money for charity, or for a particular player
  • benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
  • bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
  • biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
  • biomechanical — relating to biomechanics
  • blandishments — Blandishments are pleasant things that someone says to another person in order to persuade them to do something.
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • bring home to — to convince of
  • bumblebeefish — any of several gobies of the genus Brachygobius, inhabiting waters of the Malay Archipelago and having brown and yellow bands on the body that resemble the markings of a bumblebee.
  • cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
  • check-in time — The check-in time at a hotel is the time from which guests are expected to arrive.
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chemical peel — a cosmetic treatment used to eliminate wrinkles, blemishes, etc., in which an acid is applied to the face, neck, or hands, causing a layer of skin to peel off.
  • chemical pulp — wood pulp made from chemically treated and cooked wood fibers and used in the manufacture of better grades of paper.
  • chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chime in with — If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other.
  • chimney piece — mantelpiece
  • chimney place — an open hearth.
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimney wheel — smokejack.
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
  • chinese money — funny money (def 3).
  • chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
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