11-letter words containing h, i, c
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- mammy chair — a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- matchmaking — An attempt to make two people romantically interested in each other, especially an attempt to set up a date between people or to arrange a marriage.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- mathematica — (tool, mathematics) A popular symbolic mathematics and graphics system, developed in 1988 by Stephen Wolfram and sold by Wolfram Research. The language emphasises rules and pattern-matching. The name was suggested by Steve Jobs. Mailing list: [email protected]
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- matriarchal — the female head of a family or tribal line.
- matriarchic — Matriarchal.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanician — a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechanizing — Present participle of mechanize.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melchizedek — a priest and king of Salem. Gen. 14:18.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- meromorphic — of or relating to a function that is analytic, except for poles, in a given domain.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- meta-ethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- metchnikoff — Élie [French ey-lee] /French eɪˈli/ (Show IPA), (Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov) 1845–1916, Russian zoologist and bacteriologist in France: Nobel Prize in medicine 1908.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- methicillin — a semisynthetic penicillin antibiotic, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 2 NaO 6 S, used principally in the treatment of severe, penicillin-resistant staphylococci infections.
- methodistic — Of or relating to methodists, or the Methodists.
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.