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11-letter words containing h, i, m, e

  • southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
  • spermophile — any of various burrowing rodents of the squirrel family, especially of the genus Spermophilus (or Citellus), sometimes sufficiently numerous to do much damage to crops, as the ground squirrels and susliks.
  • sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
  • stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
  • strike home — to deliver an effective blow
  • sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
  • sympathique — pleasing or congenial
  • sympathizer — a person who sympathizes.
  • tamper with — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.
  • technomania — an obsessional enthusiasm for technology
  • tetratheism — the belief that the Christian God is four persons
  • thalassemia — a hereditary form of anemia, occurring chiefly in people of Mediterranean origin, marked by the abnormal synthesis of hemoglobin and a consequent shortened life span of red blood cells.
  • thalidomide — a crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 13 H 10 N 2 O 4 , formerly used as a sedative: if taken during pregnancy, it may cause severe abnormalities in the limbs of the fetus.
  • thatcherism — the conservative policies, political philosophy, and leadership style of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, characterized especially by monetarism, privatization, and labor union reform.
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the flemish — the Flemings collectively
  • the interim — the intervening time; the meantime (esp in the phrase in the interim)
  • the kremlin — the citadel of Moscow, in which some government offices of the Soviet Union were located: it now contains some offices of the Russian government
  • the midrash — these commentaries and notes collectively
  • the miocene — this epoch or rock series
  • the moer in — furious; enraged
  • the moonies — the Unification Church
  • the permian — the Permian period or rock system
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • theatricism — theatricalism.
  • thedominion — New Zealand
  • theme music — music played at the beginning and end of a programme or film
  • theobromine — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous powder, C 7 H 8 N 4 O 2 , an isomer of theophylline and lower homologue of caffeine, occurring in tea and obtained from the cacao bean: used chiefly as a diuretic, myocardial stimulant, and vasodilator.
  • theomachist — a person who battles against the gods or resists the will of the gods
  • theomorphic — having the form or likeness of God or a deity.
  • thermically — in a thermic manner
  • thermionics — the branch of physics that deals with thermionic phenomena.
  • thermobaric — (of an explosive device or explosion) detonated by means of an explosive substance reacting spontaneously with air
  • thermocline — a layer of water in an ocean or certain lakes, where the temperature gradient is greater than that of the warmer layer above and the colder layer below.
  • thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
  • thermogenic — causing or pertaining to the production of heat.
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
  • thermophile — a thermophilic organism.
  • thermotaxis — Biology. movement of an organism toward or away from a source of heat.
  • thimbleweed — any of several plants having a thimble-shaped fruiting head, especially either of two white-flowered North American plants, Anemone riparia or A. virginiana.
  • thirdstream — a style of music that uses features of both jazz and classical music in an attempt to develop a new and distinctive musical idiom.
  • this minute — immediately, without delay
  • thomasville — a city in S Georgia.
  • thotmes iii — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
  • thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
  • thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
  • thutmose ii — flourished c1495 b.c, Egyptian ruler, son of Thutmose I, half brother of Thutmose III.
  • tilt hammer — a drop hammer used in forging, consisting of a heavy head at one end of a pivoted lever.
  • time switch — Electronics
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