11-letter words containing h, o, m, e
- lappet moth — a large purple-brown hairy eggar moth, Gastropacha quercifolia, whose grey furry caterpillars have lappets on each flank
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- 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.
- 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.
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- lone mother — a mother with no husband or partner, who is bringing up a child or children
- loudmouthed — loud, gossipy, or indiscreet; vociferous.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- 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
- maidenhoods — Plural form of maidenhood.
- make hay of — to throw into confusion
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- march-order — to prepare (personnel, arms, and equipment) for a march.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marshmellow — Misspelling of marshmallow.
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- massey hope — (language, functional programming) A refinement of Hope+C by Nigel Perry <[email protected]> of Massey University, NZ, with improved syntax.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- medium shot — a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen. Compare closeup (def 2), long shot (def 3).
- megaphoning — Present participle of megaphone.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- megohmmeter — an instrument for measuring large resistances, especially the resistance of insulation.
- 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.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- mellophones — Plural form of mellophone.
- melolonthid — any of various scarab beetles whose larvae feed chiefly on roots, including the cockchafers and June bugs
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- melpomenish — Tragic; relating to tragedy in a literary or theatrical work.
- memory chip — In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- mendelssohn — Felix [fee-liks;; German fey-liks] /ˈfi lɪks;; German ˈfeɪ lɪks/ (Show IPA), (Jacob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy) 1809–47, German composer.
- menorrhagia — excessive menstrual discharge.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.