11-letter words containing h, e, m
- deemphasize — to place less emphasis upon; reduce in importance, size, scope, etc.: The university de-emphasized intercollegiate football.
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- dehumanised — Past participle of dehumanise.
- dehumanises — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanise.
- dehumanized — Past participle of dehumanize.
- dehumanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehumanize.
- delightsome — highly pleasing; delightful.
- delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
- demi-hunter — a watch having a hinged case with a hole in the lid permitting the time to be seen even when the lid is closed.
- deminishing — Present participle of deminish.
- demob-happy — feeling elated in anticipation of demobilization from the armed forces
- demographer — the science of vital and social statistics, as of the births, deaths, diseases, marriages, etc., of populations.
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- demolishing — Present participle of demolish.
- demosthenes — 384–322 bc, Athenian statesman, orator, and lifelong opponent of the power of Macedonia over Greece
- demythicize — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- dephlegmate — to remove watery substances from (acids or spirits) in order to purify
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- detachments — Plural form of detachment.
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- diamorphine — heroin.
- dichotomies — Botany. a mode of branching by constant forking, as in some stems, in veins of leaves, etc.
- dichotomise — to divide or separate into two parts, kinds, etc.
- dichotomize — to divide or become divided into two parts or classifications
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dim-sighted — with weak or indistinct vision
- dimethicone — Polydimethylsiloxane.
- dinotherium — any elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Dinotherium, from the later Tertiary Period of Europe and Asia, having large, outwardly curving tusks.
- dissembleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dissemble.
- ditheletism — the theory and belief that Christ had two wills, human and divine
- domenichino — (Domenico Zampieri (Le Dominiquin)) 1581–1641, Italian painter.
- draughtsmen — Plural form of draughtsman.
- drop hammer — drop forge.
- dumb sheave — a block having no sheave or other part rolling with the movement of a line.
- dumpishness — the state of being downhearted and dejected
- durum wheat — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- dutch metal — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dysphemisms — Plural form of dysphemism.
- eames chair — Also called LCM chair. a side chair designed by Charles Eames in 1946, having a slender tubular steel frame with a seat and back of molded plywood panels.
- earth mover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
- earth smoke — fumitory.
- earthmovers — Plural form of earthmover.
- earthmoving — of or relating to earthmovers: earthmoving machinery.
- easthampton — a city in W Massachusetts.
- echinoderms — Plural form of echinoderm.
- echo boomer — a member of Generation Y, born in the 1980s or 1990s; a Millennial.
- ectomorphic — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- ectothermic — a cold-blooded animal.
- edrophonium — a substance, C 10 H 16 BrNO, used to reverse certain muscle-relaxing agents, such as tubocurarine, in surgical procedures: also used in the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.