13-letter words containing h, o, m, t, e
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- heart monitor — a machine that registers the activity of the heart
- heart of palm — the stripped terminal bud of a cabbage palm, especially of the genus Euterpe, eaten in salads or as a vegetable.
- heart problem — a defect or disease of the heart
- 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.).
- helminthology — the scientific study of worms, especially of parasitic worms.
- hemacytometer — hemocytometer.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- hematological — Hematologic.
- hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
- hematophagous — feeding on blood, as the vampire bat.
- hematopoiesis — the formation of blood.
- hematopoietic — the formation of blood.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hematothermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
- 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.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hemocytometer — an instrument for counting blood cells.
- 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.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
- hetero-sexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterodimeric — (chemistry) produced from two similar but different monomers.
- heterogametes — Plural form of heterogamete.
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heteromorphic — Biology. dissimilar in shape, structure, or magnitude.
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- heterothermal — having a different or varying temperature
- heterothermic — Relating to, or exhibiting, heterothermy.
- hexamethonium — a compound, C 10 H 24 N 2 , used in the treatment of severe hypertension to lower blood pressure and increase blood flow by blocking transmission of nerve impulses that constrict blood vessels.
- hierogrammate — a writer of hierograms
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- home computer — a personal computer used in the home.
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- homeoteleuton — a series of words with the same or similar endings.
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.