12-letter words containing h, o, l, m, e
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- myrmecophile — An invertebrate or plant that has a symbiotic relationship with ants, such as being tended and protected by ants or living inside an ants' nest.
- myrmecophily — symbiosis with ants
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- necrophilism — necrophilia.
- nephelometer — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nomothetical — Nomothetic.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- omnishambles — Chiefly British Informal. a situation, especially in politics, in which poor judgment results in disorder or chaos with potentially disastrous consequences.
- overwhelming — that overwhelms; overpowering: The temptation to despair may become overwhelming.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- phaeomelanin — a variety of melanin that gives rise to a red-coloured pigment
- pharmacolite — hydrous calcium arsenate, 2CaO⋅As 2 O 5 ⋅5H 2 O, formed by natural alteration of mineral deposits containing arsenopyrite and arsenical ores of cobalt and silver.
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phentolamine — an alpha blocker, C 1 7 H 1 9 N 3 O, used to reduce hypertensive states caused by a catecholamine excess, as in the treatment of pheochromocytoma.
- philomelides — a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.
- phlebotomist — a specialist in phlebotomy.
- phlebotomize — to subject to phlebotomy; bleed.
- phlegmagogic — a medication that is intended to dislodge and evacuate mucus from the respiratory system
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- photopolymer — a polymer or plastic that undergoes a change in physical or chemical properties when exposed to light.
- photorealism — a style of painting flourishing in the 1970s, especially in the U.S., England, and France, and depicting commonplace scenes or ordinary people, with a meticulously detailed realism, flat images, and barely discernible brushwork that suggests and often is based on or incorporates an actual photograph.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pleomorphism — existence of an organism in two or more distinct forms during the life cycle; polymorphism.
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- poikilotherm — an organism with poikilothermic qualities
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polycythemic — relating to polycythemia
- pommel horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, similar to a vaulting horse but having two graspable pommels on top, used by men for hand-supported balancing, rotating, and swinging maneuvers.
- pyrochemical — pertaining to or producing chemical change at high temperatures.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhombohedral — a solid bounded by six rhombic planes.
- schoolmaster — a man who presides over or teaches in a school.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- slot machine — a gambling machine operated by inserting coins into a slot and pulling a handle that activates a set of spinning symbols on wheels, the final alignment of which determines the payoff that is released into a receptacle at the bottom.
- smallclothes — men's close-fitting knee breeches of the 18th and 19th centuries
- smother-love — a relationship between a parent and child in which the parent is over-protective to the extent that the child's normal psychological development is inhibited
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- steam shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- steam-shovel — a machine for digging or excavating, operated by its own engine and boiler.
- stenothermal — (of animals or plants) able to exist only within a narrow range of temperature
- stepmotherly — related to or having the characteristics of a stepmother