12-letter words containing h, e, m, i
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chloralamide — (chemistry) A compound of chloral and formic amide, used to induce sleep.
- chlorimetric — of or relating to chlorimetry
- choirmasters — Plural form of choirmaster.
- chondriosome — mitochondrion
- chrematistic — of, denoting, or relating to money-making
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- chronometric — of a chronometer or chronometry
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- cinematheque — a small intimate cinema
- clamjamphrie — rubbish
- coin machine — slot machine (def 2).
- come up with — If you come up with a plan or idea, you think of it and suggest it.
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- coppersmiths — Plural form of coppersmith.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- cosmochemist — a student of cosmochemistry
- cytochemical — the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
- damselfishes — Plural form of damselfish.
- de-emphasize — to remove emphasis from
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- deemphasized — Simple past tense and past participle of deemphasize.
- deemphasizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deemphasize.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanizing — denying or depriving of dignity
- dehumidified — Simple past tense and past participle of dehumidify.
- dehumidifier — A dehumidifier is a machine that is used to reduce the amount of moisture in the air.
- dehumidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumidify.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- demographies — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demolishment — to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
- demythifying — to create a myth about (a person, place, tradition, etc.); cause to become a myth.
- dermographia — dermatographia.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- diamond head — promontory in SE Oahu, Hawaii, near Honolulu, consisting of the rim of an extinct volcanic crater
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- diazomethane — a yellow odourless explosive gas, used as a methylating agent. Formula: CH2:N:N
- dichotomised — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomise.
- dichotomized — Simple past tense and past participle of dichotomize Having been divided into dichotomous parts.
- diethylamide — (organic compound) The derivative of a compound formed by adding an amide group with two ethyl substituents, N(C2H5)2.
- diethylamine — (organic compound) The secondary amine (CH3CH2)2NH.
- diminishable — That may be diminished.
- diminishment — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- disembellish — (transitive) To deprive of embellishment; to disadorn.
- disharmonize — (intransitive) To cause disorder.
- dishevelment — to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
- drinker moth — a large yellowish-brown bombycid eggar moth, Philudoria potatoria, having a stout hairy body, the larvae of which drink dew and feed on grasses
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- duty chemist — a dispensing chemist's that is open to the public for a specific period when other chemists are closed