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12-letter words containing h, e, l, m, i

  • machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
  • machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
  • mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • malvern hill — a plateau in E Virginia, SE of Richmond: battle 1862.
  • manna lichen — any of several crustose lichens of the genus Lecanora, especially L. esculenta, found in the African and Arabian deserts, used for food by humans and other animals.
  • mathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
  • mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
  • mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
  • mechlin lace — a fine bobbin lace with raised cord, originally made in Mechlin.
  • megacephalic — macrocephalic.
  • megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
  • melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
  • melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
  • melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
  • melanochroic — Melanochroid
  • melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
  • men-children — plural of man-child.
  • mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
  • mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
  • mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
  • mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
  • metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
  • metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
  • metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metathetical — (linguistics) exhibiting metathesis.
  • methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
  • methohexital — a barbiturate anesthetic, used in its sodium form, C 1 4 H 1 7 N 2 NaO 3 , for induction of general anesthesia or for anesthesia of short duration.
  • michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
  • michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
  • michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
  • microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
  • middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
  • middle eight — the third contrasting eight-bar section of a 32-bar pop song
  • middle irish — the Irish language of the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • middle white — a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon, and for fattening
  • middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
  • middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
  • milk thistle — flowering plant
  • milking shed — a building in which a herd of cows is milked
  • millihenries — Plural form of millihenry.
  • milne method — a numerical method, involving Simpson's rule, for solving a linear differential equation.
  • mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
  • mischallenge — an improper challenge
  • mischanceful — unlucky
  • mobile phone — any wireless telephone that operates over a relatively large area, as a cell phone or PCS phone.
  • mohammed ali — (ʿAlī ibn-abu-Talib"the Lion of God") a.d. c600–661, Arab caliph (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad).
  • monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
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