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11-letter words containing h, e, m

  • chromomeres — Plural form of chromomere.
  • chromomeric — relating to chromomeres or pieces of chromatin that are part of a chromosome
  • chromometer — An instrument that compares the colour of something with a reference standard.
  • chromophile — Also, chromophilic, chromophilous [kroh-mof-uh-luh s] /kroʊˈmɒf ə ləs/ (Show IPA), chromatophilic, chromatophilous. staining readily.
  • chromophobe — a cell that does not take a stain easily
  • chromophore — a group of atoms in a chemical compound that are responsible for the colour of the compound
  • chromoscope — a piece of equipment that is used to examine different aspects of colour including, for example, intensity
  • chromosomes — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • chronometer — A chronometer is an extremely accurate clock that is used especially by sailors at sea.
  • chronometre — (nonstandard, and, now, largely obsolete) Alternative form of chronometer.
  • chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
  • chrysomelid — a vibrantly-coloured beetle belonging to the family Chrysomelidae that eats the leaves of plants
  • chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
  • church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
  • churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
  • chymiferous — containing chyme
  • clam shells — the shell of a clam.
  • claw hammer — a hammer with a cleft at one end of the head for extracting nails
  • cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
  • coenenchyma — gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony
  • coenenchyme — the gelatinous framework between polyps of an anthozoan colony
  • collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
  • collenchyme — Botany. a gelatinous, thickened, and usually elongated cell that is part of a layer of modified tissue in some plants.
  • come-hither — alluring; seductive
  • comedy show — a funny programme on TV or radio
  • commis chef — an apprentice chef
  • complaineth — (archaic) Third-person singular present simple form of 'complain'.
  • comprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of comprehend.
  • comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
  • coppersmith — a person who works copper or copper alloys
  • cosmosphere — a device consisting of a glass globe on which the stars are shown, and within which is another globe representing the Earth, that shows the position of the Earth, at any given time, in relation to the stars
  • cosmothetic — positing the existence of the external world
  • countermyth — a myth that conflicts with another myth
  • county home — a county poorhouse.
  • cpt theorem — the proposition that all the laws of physics are unchanged by the combined operations of charge conjugation (C), space inversion (P), and time reversal (T).
  • crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
  • crime sheet — a record of an individual's offences against regulations
  • crunch time — the critical moment
  • customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
  • cytochromes — Plural form of cytochrome.
  • dame school — (formerly) a small school, often in a village, usually run by an elderly woman in her own home to teach young children to read and write
  • dame-school — a school in which the rudiments of reading, writing, and arithmetic were taught to neighborhood children by a woman in her own home.
  • dampishness — the quality of being dampish
  • de-emphasis — a reduction in emphasis: There has been de-emphasis on athletic activities at the school.
  • dead-smooth — noting a double-cut metal file having the minimum commercial grade of coarseness.
  • death march — a long-distance forced march, usually undertaken by prisoners, on which a lot of the marchers die
  • death metal — a type of heavy-metal music characterized by extreme speed and lyrics dealing with violence, satanism, etc
  • debauchment — The act of debauching or corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.
  • debouchment — the act or an instance of debouching
  • deccan hemp — kenaf.
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