11-letter words containing h, o, l, a, m
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homological — homologous.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- homosexuals — Plural form of homosexual.
- homothallic — having all mycelia alike, the opposite sexual functions being performed by different cells of a single mycelium. Compare heterothallic (def 1).
- homothermal — homoiothermal.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- hoomalimali — Flattery; soft-soap.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- host family — family one lodges with
- humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hypernormal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- hypokalemia — an abnormally low concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypothalami — Plural form of hypothalamus.
- hypothermal — lukewarm; tepid.
- hypovolemia — A decreased volume of circulating blood in the body.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- lappet moth — a large purple-brown hairy eggar moth, Gastropacha quercifolia, whose grey furry caterpillars have lappets on each flank
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- lord cobham — title of Sir John Oldcastle
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- malacophily — pollination of plants by snails
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marshmallow — a sweetened paste or confection made from the mucilaginous root of the marsh mallow.
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.