11-letter words containing h, i, m, e
- inhumanness — Quality of being inhuman.
- intermeshed — Simple past tense and past participle of intermesh.
- intermeshes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of intermesh.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- isogeotherm — an imaginary line connecting all points within the earth having the same mean temperature.
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- kitten moth — any of three prominent moths, notably the poplar kitten (Furcula bifida), that have larvae like those of the related puss moth
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- leishmanial — Relating to leishmania.
- lifemanship — the ability to conduct one's life, career, personal relationships, etc., in a successful manner.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light meter — exposure meter.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- limber hole — any of a series of holes pierced through a frame or floor to allow the passage of accumulated moisture.
- lithometeor — a mass of dry particles suspended in the atmosphere, as dust or haze.
- lithotomies — Plural form of lithotomy.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lumpishness — The property of being lumpish.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- magpie moth — a geometrid moth, Abraxas grossulariata, showing variable patterning in black on white or yellow, whose looper larvae attack currant and gooseberry bushes. The paler clouded magpie is A. sylvata
- maidenheads — Plural form of maidenhead.
- maidenhoods — Plural form of maidenhood.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- main chance — an opportunity offering the greatest gain: Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.
- 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.
- makeweights — Plural form of makeweight.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- 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
- manila hemp — a fibrous material made from the leafstalks of the abacá, Musa textilis, used for making ropes, fabrics, etc.
- mannishness — The condition of being mannish; manliness or masculinity.