8-letter words containing h, e, m
- headmark — a characteristic
- headmost — most advanced; foremost.
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- headsman — a public executioner who beheads condemned persons.
- headsmen — Plural form of headsman.
- heat map — a graphical representation of data in which a spectrum of colours is used to represent the different values
- hebdomad — the number seven.
- hebraism — an expression or construction distinctive of the Hebrew language.
- hecatomb — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a public sacrifice of 100 oxen to the gods.
- hedonism — the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good.
- hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
- hegumene — the head of a nunnery of the Eastern Church
- hegumeny — the office of a hegumen
- heimdall — the god of dawn and light.
- heirloom — a family possession handed down from generation to generation.
- helenium — An American plant of the daisy family that bears many red to yellow flowers, each having a prominent central disk.
- helium i — colorless liquid helium existing below its boiling point of 4.2 K and above the lambda point of 2.186 K.
- helmeted — Having or wearing a helmet, or looking like wearing a helmet.
- helminth — a worm, especially a parasitic worm.
- helmless — Nautical. a wheel or tiller by which a ship is steered. the entire steering apparatus of a ship. the angle with the fore-and-aft line made by a rudder when turned: 15-degree helm.
- helmsman — a person who steers a ship.
- helmsmen — Plural form of helmsman.
- helotism — the state or quality of being a helot; serfdom.
- helpmann — Sir Robert (Murray) 1909–86, Australian dancer, choreographer, and actor.
- helpmate — a companion and helper.
- helpmeet — helpmate.
- hematein — a reddish-brown, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 16 H 12 O 6 , obtained from logwood: used chiefly as a stain in microscopy.
- hematine — Biochemistry. heme.
- hematite — a very common mineral, iron oxide, Fe 2 O 3 , occurring in steel-gray to black crystals and in red earthy masses: the principal ore of iron.
- hematoid — hemoid.
- hematoma — a circumscribed collection of blood, usually clotted, in a tissue or organ, caused by a break in a blood vessel.
- hemiolas — Plural form of hemiola.
- hemionus — (zoology, obsolete) A wild ass found in Tibet; the kiang.
- hemiopia — hemianopsia.
- hemipode — button quail.
- hemipter — a hemipterous insect
- hemisect — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemlines — Plural form of hemline.
- hemlocks — Plural form of hemlock.
- hemmings — Plural form of hemming.
- hemocoel — a series of interconnected spaces between tissues and organs through which blood flows freely, unconfined by veins or arteries, occurring in several invertebrate groups, especially mollusks and arthropods.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- hemogram — a graphic record of the cellular elements of the blood.
- hemolyze — to subject (red blood cells) to hemolysis.
- hemostat — an instrument or agent used to compress or treat bleeding vessels in order to arrest hemorrhage.
- hempseed — the seed of hemp, used as food for birds.
- hempvine — Any plant of the genus Mikania.
- hempweed — a climbing herb with flowers that smell of vanilla
- henchman — an unscrupulous and ruthless subordinate, especially a criminal: The leader of the gang went everywhere accompanied by his henchmen.
- henchmen — Plural form of henchman.