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12-letter words containing h, e, m, t

  • method actor — actor who follows the Method
  • methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
  • methohexital — a barbiturate anesthetic, used in its sodium form, C 1 4 H 1 7 N 2 NaO 3 , for induction of general anesthesia or for anesthesia of short duration.
  • methotrexate — a toxic folic acid analogue, C 2 0 H 2 2 N 8 O 5 , that inhibits cellular reproduction, used primarily in the treatment of psoriasis and certain cancers and as an immunosuppressive agent.
  • methoxychlor — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 , used as an insecticide.
  • methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
  • 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.
  • middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
  • middle eight — the third contrasting eight-bar section of a 32-bar pop song
  • middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
  • middle white — a breed of medium-sized white pig commonly kept for pork and bacon, and for fattening
  • middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
  • middleweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a welterweight and a light heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 160 pounds (72.5 kg).
  • milk thistle — flowering plant
  • milne method — a numerical method, involving Simpson's rule, for solving a linear differential equation.
  • ministership — (government) The position held by a minister.
  • mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
  • mis-shipment — a quantity of freight or cargo shipped at one time.
  • misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.
  • mismatchment — an inappropriate match
  • miss the bus — lose opportunity
  • miss the cut — to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds
  • mithridatize — to induce a state of mithridatism in (a person).
  • mnemotechnic — Of or pertaining to mnemotechny.
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
  • moeso-gothic — of the Moeso-Goths, their extinct East Germanic language, or their culture
  • molded depth — the depth of a vessel at the broadest transverse section from the top of the keel to the upper side of the main deck beam at the side.
  • mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
  • monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
  • monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
  • monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
  • monotheistic — pertaining to, characterized by, or adhering to monotheism, the doctrine that there is only one God: a monotheistic religion.
  • monothematic — having a single theme.
  • monotrichate — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
  • moth mullein — a weedy, European mullein, Verbascum blattaria, of the figwort family, having lance-shaped leaves and loose spikes of white or yellow flowers.
  • mother craft — a spaceship providing facilities and supplies for a number of smaller craft, or for astronauts
  • mother earth — the earth regarded as the source of all animate and inanimate things.
  • mother goose — the fictitious author of a collection of nursery rhymes first published in London (about 1760) under the title of Mother Goose's Melody.
  • mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
  • mother image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's mother and often the object of emotions felt toward the mother
  • mother's boy — mama's boy.
  • mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
  • mother-naked — stark naked; as naked as when born.
  • mother-seton — Saint Elizabeth Ann (Bayley) ("Mother Seton") 1774–1821, U.S. educator, social-welfare reformer, and religious leader: first native-born American to be canonized (1975).
  • mother-to-be — A mother-to-be is a woman who is pregnant, especially for the first time.
  • motherboards — Plural form of motherboard.
  • motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
  • motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
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