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15-letter words containing h, e, m

  • hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
  • hypoalbuminemia — an abnormally small quantity of albumin in the blood.
  • hypodorian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from A to A, with the final on D.
  • hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
  • hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
  • hypoionian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from G to G, with the final on C.
  • hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
  • hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
  • hypoproteinemia — an abnormally low concentration of protein in the blood.
  • i'll eat my hat — I will be greatly surprised if (something that proves me wrong) happens
  • identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • imperfect-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
  • imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
  • imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
  • in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
  • in the majority — the largest group
  • in the midst of — amid, among
  • in the same way — similarly
  • inch of mercury — a unit of atmospheric pressure, being the pressure equal to that exerted by a column of mercury one inch high under standard conditions of temperature and gravity: 33.864 millibars. Abbreviation: in. Hg.
  • incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • inhomogeneities — lack of homogeneity.
  • inhomogeneously — lack of homogeneity.
  • interchangement — the act of interchanging
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • isthmus of suez — a strip of land in NE Egypt, between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea: links Africa and Asia and is crossed by the Suez Canal
  • it is high time — If you say that it is high time that something happened or was done, you are saying in an emphatic way that it should happen or be done now, and really should have happened or been done sooner.
  • jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
  • karaoke machine — a device that plays a prerecorded backing tape, to which people take it in turns to sing
  • katathermometer — a thermometer used to measure the cooling power of ambient air
  • keratoacanthoma — (pathology) A common low-grade malignancy of the skin.
  • knapping hammer — a hammer used for breaking and shaping stones
  • landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
  • laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
  • law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
  • lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • lithium battery — A lithium battery is a type of battery used for low-power, high-reliability, long-life applications, such as clocks, cameras and calculators.
  • lithium citrate — a white crystalline solid sometimes used in the treatment of manic-depressive illness and mania. Formula: Li3C6H5O7
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
  • lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
  • lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
  • lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
  • lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
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