11-letter words containing h, e, m, i, a
- basil thyme — a plant, Acinos thymoides, of the mint family, having egg-shaped leaves and purplish flowers.
- basil-thyme — a European plant, Acinos arvensis, having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers: family Lamiaceae
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- biochemical — Biochemical changes, reactions, and mechanisms relate to the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- blasphemies — impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- bohemianism — unconventional behaviour or appearance, esp of an artist
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- cash income — income received in the form of cash during a specified period, esp that of rural and farming households
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- catechismal — Of or pertaining to a catechism; having the form of questions and answers; catechical.
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- chain-smoke — Someone who chain-smokes smokes cigarettes or cigars continuously.
- chairwarmer — an office holder, committee member, or employee who is inactive and ineffective
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
- chameleonic — 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.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- championess — a female champion
- charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chemiotaxis — Dated form of chemotaxis.
- chemotactic — oriented movement toward or away from a chemical stimulus.
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- chimpanzees — Plural form of chimpanzee.
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- dampishness — the quality of being dampish
- de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
- dehumanised — Past participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanise.
- dehumanized — Past participle of dehumanize.
- dehumanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- diamorphine — heroin.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- eames chair — Also called LCM chair. a side chair designed by Charles Eames in 1946, having a slender tubular steel frame with a seat and back of molded plywood panels.
- earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
- emetophilia — A sexual fetish in which an individual is aroused by vomiting, or by seeing others vomit.