10-letter words containing h, o, m, e
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants
- cyclothyme — a person suffering from cyclothymia
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cytochrome — any of a group of naturally occurring compounds, consisting of iron, a protein, and a porphyrin, that are important in cell oxidation-reduction reactions
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- den mother — a woman who supervises meetings of a den of Cub Scouts
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dimethoate — a highly toxic crystalline compound, C 5 H 12 NO 3 PS 2 , used as an insecticide.
- dimorphite — a mineral, arsenic sulfide, As 4 S 3 , yellow-orange in color and similar in its properties to orpiment.
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- dome light — a small light under the roof of an automobile or boat.
- drive home — to cause to penetrate to the fullest extent
- dual-homed — (networking) A kind of connection to a FDDI network where a host is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a dual-attached device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings.
- earthmover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- ecchymoses — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymosis — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymotic — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectotherms — Plural form of ectotherm.
- ectothermy — (biology) The condition of being ectothermic or warm-blooded; the ability to maintain the body's temperature.
- eighteenmo — Octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
- endomorphs — Plural form of endomorph.
- endotherms — Plural form of endotherm.
- endothermy — (biology) A form of thermoregulation in which heat is generated by the organism's metabolism.
- enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
- enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
- enthraldom — the condition of being enthralled
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epimorphic — (zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
- epiphonema — an exclamation that concludes a discourse
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- erímanthos — a mountain in SW Greece, in the NW Peloponnese. Height: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- eriophorum — cotton grass
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.