12-letter words containing h, o, m, e, a, l
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- haematoblast — any of the undifferentiated cells in the bone marrow that develop into blood cells
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
- haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- hair removal — depilatory treatment
- hall bedroom — a small bedroom off a corridor, esp. a small bedroom formed by partitioning off the end of an upstairs corridor
- hall of fame — a national shrine in New York City commemorating the names of outstanding Americans.
- halogen lamp — a gas-filled, high-intensity incandescent lamp having a tungsten filament and containing a small amount of a halogen, such as iodine, that vaporizes on heating and redeposits any evaporated tungsten particles back onto the filament: used especially in motion-picture projectors and automobile headlights.
- hambletonian — one of a superior strain of American trotting horses descended from the stallion Hambletonian.
- harmonizable — That can be harmonized.
- hebdomadally — taking place, coming together, or published once every seven days; weekly: hebdomadal meetings; hebdomadal groups; hebdomadal journals.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypokalaemia — Alternative form of hypokalemia.
- hypovolaemia — Alternative form of hypovolemia.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- lamellaphone — Alt form lamellophone.
- lamellophone — (musical instruments) Any of several musical instruments in which the sound is produced by plucking a series of thin lamellaa attached to a sounding board.
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.