12-letter words containing h, e, m, i, t, r
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemimorphite — a hydrous zinc silicate mineral, Zn 4 (OH) 2 Si 2 O 7 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in clear, colorless orthorhombic crystals; calamine: an ore of zinc.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hephthemimer — a verse with a group of seven metrical half feet
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
- homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
- homoiotherms — Plural form of homoiotherm.
- homoiothermy — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- hyperthermia — Pathology. abnormally high fever.
- hyperthermic — Having a very high body temperature.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- in the frame — If someone is in the frame for something such as a job or position, they are being considered for it.
- inkhorn term — an obscure, affectedly or ostentatiously erudite borrowing from another language, especially Latin or Greek.
- intermeshing — That mesh between one another.
- inthrallment — Obsolete spelling of enthrallment.
- intrenchment — Archaic spelling of entrenchment.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- light bomber — a small airplane designed to carry light bomb loads relatively short distances, especially one having a gross loaded weight of less than 100,000 pounds (45,000 kg).
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- make history — do sth of great significance
- margrethe ii — born 1940, queen of Denmark since 1972.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- match-winner — a player who wins a sports match for his or her team, for example by scoring a goal
- matriarchate — a matriarchal system or community.