9-letter words containing h, e, m, p
- gomphoses — an immovable articulation in which one bone or part is received in a cavity in another, as a tooth in its socket.
- graphemes — Plural form of grapheme.
- graphemic — Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
- halazepam — a derivative of benzodiazepine, C 17 H 12 ClF 3 N 2 O, used for management of anxiety disorders.
- hammerkop — A bird from southern Africa, Scopus umbretta, of the Scopidae family and related to the herons.
- hampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- hampshire — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hampstead — a former borough of London, England, now part of Camden.
- haptonema — In haptophytes, a peg-like organelle attached near the flagella and unique to the group. May function in attachment, feeding, or avoidance responses.
- harumphed — Simple past tense and past participle of harumph.
- headlamps — Plural form of headlamp.
- heat lamp — a lamp fitted with an infrared bulb to supply heat especially as part of physical therapy.
- heat pump — a device that uses a compressible refrigerant to transfer heat from one body, as the ground, air, or water, to another body, as a building, with the process being reversible.
- helm port — the opening at the stern of a ship, through which a rudderstock passes.
- help menu — the place on a computer where you can get help and advice
- helpmates — (British) Plural form of helpmate.
- helpmeets — Plural form of helpmeet.
- hemipodes — Plural form of hemipode.
- hemiptera — the order comprising the true bugs.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hemitrope — twin1 (def 5).
- hemolymph — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hemopathy — (medicine) Any disorder or disease of the blood.
- hemophile — a hemophiliac.
- hemotroph — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hemp tree — chaste tree.
- hempstead — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- hepatomas — Plural form of hepatoma.
- hermatype — reef-building coral.
- hippiedom — the lifestyle and world of hippies, especially in the 1960s.
- hippodame — a sea horse
- home help — A home help is a person who is employed to visit sick or old people at home and help with their cleaning or cooking.
- home page — website's introductory page
- home port — the port where a ship is registered.
- homeopath — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homophile — a homosexual.
- homophobe — a person who fears or hates homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophone — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homospore — (botany) any plant producing spores of the same size and type.
- humphries — (John) Barry. born 1934, Australian comic actor and writer, best known for creating the character Dame Edna Everage
- hyper-man — A browser available with Epoch giving hypertext access to the Unix manual.
- hyperemia — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hyperform — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by hypercorrection.
- hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hypermart — a very large, discount supermarket with a maximum range of products including groceries, apparel and general household goods
- hypermile — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hypernyms — Plural form of hypernym.