12-letter words containing h, e, m, i, t, r
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- 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).
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- metathoracic — Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- ministership — (government) The position held by a minister.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
- mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
- motherliness — The property of being motherly.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- niche market — specific or limited consumer interest
- nitromethane — a colorless, oily, slightly water-soluble, poisonous liquid, CH 3 NO 2 , used chiefly as a solvent, rocket fuel, and gasoline additive and in organic synthesis.
- normothermia — (medicine) The condition of having a normal body temperature.
- normothermic — (medicine) Having a normal body temperature.
- northern min — Foochow (def 2).
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- or something — You use something in expressions such as 'or something' and 'or something like that' to indicate that you are referring to something similar to what you have just mentioned but you are not being exact.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- other income — Other income is income that does not come from a company's main business, such as interest.
- overemphatic — excessive or undue emphasis.
- overshipment — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- parchmentize — to treat (paper or the like) so that it resembles parchment.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- petrochemist — someone who studies petrochemistry or works in the petrochemical industry
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- photothermic — pertaining to the thermal effects of light.
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- promethazine — a phenothiaxine derivative, C 1 7 H 2 0 N 2 S, used for the symptomatic relief of allergies and in the management of motion sickness.
- propheticism — the actions or characteristics of a prophet
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.