13-letter words containing h, o, m, i, c
- diffeomorphic — (mathematics) Having a diffeomorphism.
- direct method — a technique of foreign-language teaching in which only the target language is used, little instruction is given concerning formal rules of grammar, and language use is often elicited in situational contexts.
- dodecaphonism — musical composition using the 12-tone technique.
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- echoic memory — the ability to recapture the exact impression of a sound shortly after the sound has finished
- electrochemic — electrochemical
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- ethnocentrism — The tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own traditional, deferred, or adoptive ethnic culture.
- ethnomedicine — (medicine) traditional folk-medicine.
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- ferrochromium — a ferroalloy containing up to 70 percent chromium.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- haematochezia — Alternative form of hematochezia.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harmonic mean — the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- hematological — Hematologic.
- hematopoietic — the formation of blood.
- hemicellulose — any of a group of gummy polysaccharides, intermediate in complexity between sugar and cellulose, that hydrolyze to monosaccharides more readily than cellulose.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemicolectomy — (surgery) A colectomy involving the removal of only the ascending (right) colon or the descending (left) colon.
- hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- heterodimeric — (chemistry) produced from two similar but different monomers.
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heteromorphic — Biology. dissimilar in shape, structure, or magnitude.
- heterothermic — Relating to, or exhibiting, heterothermy.
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- histrionicism — histrionic behaviour or acts
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- homalographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homiletically — In a homiletic fashion.
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- homochromatic — of or relating to one hue; monochromatic.
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- homoiothermic — (of birds and mammals) having a constant body temperature, usually higher than the temperature of the surroundings; warm-blooded
- homolographic — representing parts with like proportions.
- homopolymeric — relating to or made of homopolymers
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- hormic theory — a theory that holds all behavior to be purposive, whether conscious or unconscious.
- human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone