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13-letter words containing h, o, m, i

  • marsh trefoil — buck bean.
  • mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
  • mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
  • matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
  • mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
  • mechanization — to make mechanical.
  • medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
  • medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
  • meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meetinghouses — Plural form of meetinghouse.
  • megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
  • melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
  • mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
  • mesocephalism — mesocephaly
  • mesotheliomas — Plural form of mesothelioma.
  • metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
  • metachromatic — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
  • metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
  • metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
  • metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
  • methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
  • method acting — film, theater: acting approach
  • methodistical — Methodistic.
  • methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
  • methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methodologist — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.
  • methyl violet — gentian violet
  • microcephalia — Microcephaly.
  • microcephalic — having a head with a small braincase.
  • microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
  • microchip art — (hardware)   (chip art, chip graffiti) Images etched on integrated circuits purely for decoration, visible only under a microscope.
  • microchipping — Present participle of microchip.
  • micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
  • microhabitats — Plural form of microhabitat.
  • microhomology — (genetics) The presence of the same short sequence of bases in different genes.
  • microlecithal — having a small amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
  • microlighting — the sport or act of flying in microlights
  • microphyllous — having microphylls
  • microswitches — Plural form of microswitch.
  • microteaching — a scaled-down teaching procedure with a few students under controlled conditions, often videotaped in order to analyze teaching techniques and develop new teaching skills.
  • middle school — a school intermediate between elementary school and high school, usually encompassing grades five or six through eight.
  • middleborough — a town in SE Massachusetts.
  • middlesbrough — a seaport in NE England, on the Tees estuary.
  • mikhailovitch — Draja [drah-zhah] /ˈdrɑ ʒɑ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1946, Yugoslav military leader.
  • milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
  • milk mushroom — any of the common latex-containing mushrooms of the genus Lactarius.
  • mimeographing — Present participle of mimeograph.
  • minor prophet — any of a group of Old Testament prophets, including Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.
  • minstrel show — a once popular type of stage show featuring comic dialogue, song, and dance in highly conventionalized patterns, performed by a troupe of actors traditionally comprising two end men, a chorus in blackface, and an interlocutor. Developed in the U.S. in the 19th century, this entertainment portrayed negative racial stereotypes and declined in popularity in the 20th century.
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