12-letter words containing h, i, g, m, a
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hill farming — the activity and business of having a hill farm
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homologation — to approve; confirm or ratify.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- iambographer — a person who writes iambs
- itching palm — a grasping nature; avarice
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kashmir goat — one of a long-haired breed of goat raised in Tibet and the higher elevations of China, the Indian subcontinent, Afghanistan, and Turkey for its meat, milk, and cashmere wool.
- kingdom hall — a meeting place of Jehovah's Witnesses for religious services.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- margrethe ii — born 1940, queen of Denmark since 1972.
- mastigophora — a phylum of protozoans comprising nonphotosynthetic, chiefly free-living flagellates: some species are important pathogens of humans and other animals.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- match-fixing — the act of arranging the outcome of a sports match prior to its being played
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metathinking — Thought about the process of thinking.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- micrographia — minute handwriting.
- micrographic — Pertaining to micrographics.