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.