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

  • marsh cinquefoil — a variety of cinquefoil, Potentilla palustris, that grows in marshy areas
  • matthew flinders — Matthew, 1774–1814, English navigator and explorer: surveyed coast of Australia.
  • mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • medieval cornish — the Cornish language of the Middle Ages, usually dated from the 14th century to 1600.
  • medieval history — the branch of history dealing with the Middle Ages
  • mercury chloride — mercuric chloride
  • metamathematical — Pertaining to metamathematics, a branch of mathematics dealing with mathematical systems and their nature.
  • methacrylic acid — a colorless, liquid acid, C 4 H 6 O 2 , produced synthetically, whose methyl ester, methyl methacrylate, polymerizes to yield a clear plastic.
  • methodologically — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methyl parathion — a synthetic pesticide, C 8 H 1 0 NO 5 PS, used in the control of mites and various insects, as aphids, boll weevils, and cutworms.
  • methylene iodide — a yellow liquid, CH 2 I 2 , soluble in alcohol and ether: used for the separation of mixtures of minerals and in organic synthesis.
  • methylthioninium — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The heterocyclic cation 3,7-bis(dimethylamino)-phenothiazin-5-ium, that is the basis of methylene blue.
  • mexican hairless — one of a breed of small dogs having no hair except for a tuft on the top of the head and a little fuzz on the lower part of the tail.
  • michaelmas daisy — an aster.
  • military attache — attaché (def 2).
  • mineral charcoal — a fibrous substance resembling charcoal and having a high carbon content, often occurring in thin layers in bituminous coal.
  • missile launcher — system that fires missiles
  • mit lisp machine — Lisp Machine
  • mnemotechnically — In a mnemotechnic manner; using mnemotechny.
  • molecular weight — the average weight of a molecule of an element or compound measured in units once based on the weight of one hydrogen atom taken as the standard or on 1/16 (0.0625) the weight of an oxygen atom, but after 1961 based on 1/12 (0.083) the weight of the carbon-12 atom; the sum of the atomic weights of all the atoms in a molecule. Abbreviation: mol. wt.
  • monoethanolamine — Monoethanolamine is an amino acid used as a surfactant (= a substance that reduces the surface tension of a liquid and allows it to foam or penetrate solids).
  • monotheistically — In a monotheistic manner.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • moulding machine — a machine for pressing sand into a mould
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • nash equilibrium — (in game theory) a stable state of a system involving the interaction of two or more players in which no player can gain by a unilateral change of strategy if the strategies of the other players remain unchanged
  • neuroepithelioma — Neurocytoma.
  • non-metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • ophthalmoparesis — (medicine) A partial or complete paralysis of the extraocular muscles which are responsible for eye movements.
  • overwhelmingness — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
  • palaeolithic man — any of various primitive types of man, such as Neanderthal man and Java man, who lived in the Palaeolithic
  • parliament hinge — a butt hinge the knuckle of which protrudes from the door so that the door when fully opened stands away from the wall.
  • pentothal sodium — thiopental sodium
  • phalansterianism — a system by which society would be reorganized into units comprising their own social and industrial elements; Fourierism.
  • phase modulation — radio transmission in which the carrier wave is modulated by changing its phase to transmit the amplitude and pitch of the signal.
  • phenomenological — the study of phenomena.
  • phenylethylamine — an amine that occurs naturally as a neurotransmitter in the brain, has properties similar to those of amphetamine, is an antidepressant, and is found in chocolate. Formula: C8H11N
  • phlebothrombosis — the presence of a thrombus in a vein.
  • photoluminescent — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
  • photopolarimeter — a polarimeter that uses a photocell.
  • plainclothes man — a detective or police officer who wears civilian clothes while on duty
  • pseudohemophilia — a clotting disorder caused by abnormal factor VIII activity, and characterized by a prolonged bleeding time but without the delayed coagulation time of hemophilia.
  • re-establishment — the act or an instance of establishing.
  • recycling scheme — a scheme enabling the public to recycle waste
  • residential home — a home with social-work supervision for people who need more than just housing accommodation, such as esp the elderly, and also children in care or mentally handicapped adults
  • saint-barthelemy — (Saint Bartholomew; Saint Barts; Saint Barths) a resort island in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands, part of the French department of Guadeloupe. 6900; 8 sq. mi. (21 sq. km).
  • schaumburg-lippe — a former state in NW Germany.
  • schlieren method — a method for detecting regions of differing densities in a clear fluid by photographing a beam of light passed obliquely through it.
  • schmaltz herring — herring caught just before spawning, when it has much fat
  • school committee — (in New Zealand) a parent group selected to support a primary school
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