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15-letter words containing h, e, l, m

  • children's home — care institution for minors
  • chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
  • chloramphenicol — a broad-spectrum antibiotic used esp in treating typhoid fever and rickettsial infections: obtained from the bacterium Streptomyces venezuelae or synthesized. Formula: C11H12N2O5Cl2
  • cholecystectomy — surgical removal of the gall bladder
  • cholecystostomy — a medical cut or opening into the gall bladder to enable a drainage tube to be put in place
  • choledochostomy — formation of a temporary opening through the abdominal wall into the common bile duct, usually to remove stones.
  • cholesterolemia — the presence of an abnormal amount of cholesterol in the blood.
  • chopped almonds — almonds cut into small pieces
  • chromatic scale — a twelve-note scale including all the semitones of the octave
  • chromium-plated — having been plated with chromium
  • climb the walls — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
  • common shelduck — a large, brightly coloured gooselike duck of the Old World, Tadorna tadorna
  • complete theory — (logic)   An abstract logical theory in which all true statements have formal proofs within the theory.
  • complex-machine — Older Use. an automobile or airplane. a typewriter.
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
  • comptrollership — controller (def 1).
  • council chamber — the room in which council meetings are held
  • cyclohexylamine — a highly toxic and hazardous organic chemical derived from cyclohexane
  • delsarte method — a theory or system devised by François Delsarte for improving musical and dramatic expression through the mastery of various bodily attitudes and gestures.
  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
  • deoxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • diaheliotropism — the tendency among plants to respond to the light of the sun by orienting their leaves perpendicular to the sun's rays, such that the upper surface of the leaves receives maximum light
  • dichloromethane — a noxious colourless liquid widely used as a solvent, e.g. in paint strippers. Formula: CH2Cl2
  • dimethylaniline — a very toxic oily liquid used in industry to harden certain synthetic resins and as a solvent
  • dimethylbenzene — xylene.
  • dimethylmethane — propane.
  • dimethylsulfide — Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
  • down the middle — If you divide or split something down the middle, you divide or split it into two equal halves or groups.
  • edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
  • edriophthalmian — edriophthalmous
  • edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
  • electrochemical — (chemistry) of, or relating to a chemical reaction brought about by electricity.
  • electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
  • electrothermics — the study of electricity and heat, or of electrically generated heat
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
  • endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
  • erythema solare — inflammation of the skin caused by overexposure to the sun
  • erythromelalgia — A rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.
  • ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
  • ethyl carbamate — a colourless odourless crystalline ester that is used in the manufacture of pesticides, fungicides, and pharmaceuticals. Formula: CO(NH2)OC2H5
  • ethylenediamine — A viscous liquid used in making detergents and emulsifying agents.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • ferrihemoglobin — methemoglobin.
  • flame hardening — the surface hardening of ferrous metals by heating the metal with an oxyacetylene flame followed by rapid cooling
  • flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
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