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

  • storm-lashed — badly affected by storms
  • stretch limo — A stretch limo is a very long and luxurious car in which a rich, famous, or important person is driven somewhere.
  • stretch mark — a silvery streak occurring typically on the abdomen or thighs and caused by stretching of the skin over a short period of time, as during pregnancy or rapid weight gain.
  • stretch mill — a mill for rolling and stretching seamless tubes, the rolls of each successive stand operating more quickly than those of the preceding.
  • stretchmarks — marks that remain visible on the abdomen after its distension, esp in pregnancy
  • stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
  • summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
  • super-smooth — dead-smooth.
  • syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
  • t lymphocyte — any of several closely related lymphocytes, developed in the thymus, that circulate in the blood and lymph and orchestrate the immune system's response to infected or malignant cells, either by lymphokine secretions or by direct contact: helper T cells recognize foreign antigen on the surfaces of other cells, then they stimulate B cells to produce antibody and signal killer T cells to destroy the antigen-displaying cells; subsequently suppressor T cells return the immune system to normal by inactivating the B cells and killer T cells.
  • t-lymphocyte — T cell.
  • tampico hemp — a stiff fiber obtained from the leaves of various species of Agave, as A. falcata or A. sisalana.
  • tape machine — a tape recorder.
  • team up with — join forces with
  • technomaniac — a person with an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
  • tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
  • tetradrachma — a silver coin of ancient Greece, equal to four drachmas.
  • tetramorphic — (in art) of or related to a composite representation of the four evangelists' symbols
  • thalassaemia — a hereditary disease, common in many parts of the world, resulting from defects in the synthesis of the red blood pigment haemoglobin
  • thalassaemic — a person who has the blood disorder thalassaemia
  • thames river — a river in S England, flowing E through London to the North Sea. 209 miles (336 km) long.
  • thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
  • the almighty — God
  • the big time — great success or fame
  • the cambrian — the Cambrian period or rock system
  • the demerara — a river in Guyana, rising in the central forest area and flowing north to the Atlantic at Georgetown. Length: 346 km (215 miles)
  • the elements — the first or basic principles; rudiments
  • the herdsman — the constellation Boötes
  • the homeless — those typically poor or sometimes mentally ill people who are unable to maintain a place to live and therefore often may sleep in the streets, parks, etc.
  • the mainland — a particular landmass as viewed from a nearby island with which it has close links, such as Great Britain as viewed from Northern Ireland or continental Australia as viewed from Tasmania
  • the mesozoic — the Mesozoic era
  • the midlands — the central counties of England, including Warwickshire, Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, the former West Midlands metropolitan county, and Worcestershire: characterized by manufacturing industries
  • the military — the armed services (esp the army)
  • the monsoons — the monsoon rains
  • the monument — a tall columnar building designed (1671) by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Fire of London (1666), which destroyed a large part of the medieval city
  • the mountain — an extremist faction during the French Revolution led by Danton and Robespierre
  • the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
  • the old adam — the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
  • the olympics — the Olympic Games
  • the psalmist — King David, to whom all or certain of the Psalms are variously attributed
  • the red army — the Soviet army
  • the redeemer — Jesus Christ as having brought redemption to mankind
  • the solimões — the Brazilian name for the Amazon from the Peruvian border to the Rio Negro
  • the-american — a novel (1877) by Henry James.
  • theatromania — an abnormal fondness or mania for the theatre
  • thematically — of or relating to a theme.
  • themistocles — 527?–460? b.c, Athenian statesman.
  • theocentrism — having God as the focal point of thoughts, interests, and feelings: theocentric philosophy.
  • theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
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