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14-letter words containing h, e, m

  • azidothymidine — an antiretroviral drug used to treat HIV/AIDS
  • azimuth circle — a device for measuring azimuths, consisting of a graduated ring equipped with a sighting vane on each side, which fits concentrically over a compass.
  • baltimore chop — a batted ball that takes a high bounce upon hitting the ground on or immediately in front of home plate, often enabling the batter to reach first base safely.
  • ban-the-bomber — a person who vigorously advocates banning the development or use of nuclear weapons.
  • barium-hydrate — Also called calcined baryta, barium oxide, barium monoxide, barium protoxide. a white or yellowish-white poisonous solid, BaO, highly reactive with water: used chiefly as a dehydrating agent and in the manufacture of glass.
  • barometrograph — barograph.
  • barrier method — Barrier methods of contraception involve the use of condoms, diaphragms, or other devices that physically prevent the sperm from reaching the egg.
  • batement light — a compartment of a window with tracery, the bottom of which is formed by the arched head of a compartment or compartments below.
  • batting helmet — a rigid plastic cap with a sidepiece extending down over the ear, worn for protection while batting
  • bayes' theorem — the fundamental result which expresses the conditional probability P(E/A) of an event E given an event A as P(A/E).P(E)/P(A); more generally, where En is one of a set of values Ei which partition the sample space, P(En/A) = P(A/En)P(En)/Σ P(A/Ei)P(Ei). This enables prior estimates of probability to be continually revised in the light of observations
  • beach umbrella — a large umbrella used as a sunshade on the beach
  • beach wormwood — a composite plant, Artemisia stellerana, having yellow flowers and deeply lobed leaves covered with dense white fuzz.
  • béchamel sauce — a thick white sauce flavoured with onion and seasonings
  • bechamel-sauce — a white sauce, sometimes seasoned with onion and nutmeg.
  • beclomethasone — a potent synthetic corticosteroid, C 28 H 37 ClO 7 , prepared as an inhalant in the treatment of bronchial asthma.
  • bermuda shorts — close-fitting shorts that come down to the knees
  • bethlehem sage — a plant, Pulmonaria saccharata, of the borage family, native to Europe, having mottled, white leaves and white or reddish-purple flowers in clusters.
  • bible-thumping — an evangelist or other person who quotes the Bible frequently, especially as a means of exhortation or rebuke.
  • big brotherism — paternalistic authoritarianism that seeks to supply the needs and regulate the conduct of people.
  • biogeochemical — of or relating to biogeochemistry
  • biomathematics — the study of the application of mathematics to biology
  • bircher muesli — a type of muesli containing softened oats, dried fruit, and apple
  • bishop's mitre — a European heteropterous bug, Aelia acuminata, whose larvae are a pest of cereal grasses: family Pentatomidae
  • body mechanics — body exercises that are intended to improve one's posture, stamina, poise, etc.
  • boring machine — a machine that bores holes, tunnels, etc
  • bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
  • branch manager — a person who manages the local branch of a bank, shop, or other business
  • break the mold — If you say that someone breaks the mold, you mean that they do completely different things from what has been done before or from what is usually done.
  • bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
  • bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
  • british empire — (formerly) the United Kingdom and the territories under its control, which reached its greatest extent at the end of World War I when it embraced over a quarter of the world's population and more than a quarter of the world's land surface
  • british museum — a museum in London, founded in 1753: contains one of the world's richest collections of antiquities and (until 1997) most of the British Library
  • bubble chamber — a device that enables the tracks of ionizing particles to be photographed as a row of bubbles in a superheated liquid. Immediately before the particles enter the chamber the pressure is reduced so that the ionized particles act as centres for small vapour bubbles
  • buteyko method — a breath control technique used to prevent hyperventilation and treat asthma without drugs
  • by the numbers — in prescribed sequence of movements and accompanied by a count
  • café macchiato — a hot beverage consisting of espresso and a small amount of foamed milk.
  • calendar month — A calendar month is one of the twelve months of the year.
  • cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
  • campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
  • campeachy wood — wood from the Central American tree Haematoxylon campechianum
  • camphor laurel — an Australian name for the camphor tree, now occurring in the wild in parts of Australia
  • canada hemlock — a hemlock, Tsuga canadensis, of eastern North America, having horizontal branches that often droop to the ground: the state tree of Pennsylvania.
  • cap the climax — to be or do more than could be expected or believed
  • carpenter moth — any of various large moths of the family Cossidae, the larvae of which bore beneath and cause damage to tree bark
  • carpet muncher — lesbian
  • casement cloth — a sheer fabric made of a variety of fibers, used for window curtains and as backing for heavy drapery or decorative fabrics.
  • catcher's mitt — the glove worn by the catcher to protect the hands
  • catchment area — The catchment area of a school, hospital, or other service is the area that it serves.
  • catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
  • cephalhematoma — Alt form cephalohematoma.
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