12-letter words containing h, e, m, l, o
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homelessness — without a home: a homeless child.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homeschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of homeschool.
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- homoflexible — Primarily homosexual, but willing to take part in a limited amount of heterosexual activity.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypercomplex — (mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- john gilmore — (person) A noted Unix hacker who cofounded Usenet's anarchic alt.* newsgroup hierarchy with Brian Reid. He also worked on GDB. E-mail: John Gilmore <[email protected]>.
- lamellaphone — Alt form lamellophone.
- lamellophone — (musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellaa attached to a sounding board.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- lemon cheese — a soft paste made from lemons, sugar, eggs, and butter, used as a spread or filling
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- leopard moth — a moth, Zeuzera pyrina, having white wings spotted with black and larvae that bore into the wood of various trees and shrubs.
- 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).
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- 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