12-letter words containing h, o, r, e
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lower depths — a play (1902) by Maxim Gorki.
- lower school — a school that is preparatory to one on a more advanced level.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
- machine word — word (def 10).
- machine-word — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroweather — Longer term average weather, covering period of length between that of weather and climate.
- magnetograph — a recording magnetometer, used especially for recording variations in the earth's magnetic field.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mapplethorpe — Robert, 1946–89, U.S. photographer.
- mare humorum — (Sea of Moisture) a dark plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 45,000 sq. mi. (117,000 sq. km).
- marimbaphone — (obsolete, music) A kind of percussion idiophone, like the marimba but with steel keys instead of wood, developed in early 20th century United States.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- medal-holder — a person who has won a medal
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- melanophores — Plural form of melanophore.
- memory smash — (jargon) A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location addressed by a dangling pointer.
- memphremagog — Lake, a lake on the boundary between the U.S. and Canada, between N Vermont and S Quebec. 30 miles (48 km) long.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metallograph — a microscope for observing the microstructure of metals.
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metamorphize — (transitive) To transform or change; metamorphose.
- metamorphose — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metathoracic — Of or pertaining to the metathorax.
- meteorograph — an instrument for automatically recording various meteorological conditions, as barometric pressure and temperature, at the same time.
- methanometer — an instrument that measures the concentration of methane in the air of mines
- method actor — actor who follows the Method
- methotrexate — a toxic folic acid analogue, C 2 0 H 2 2 N 8 O 5 , that inhibits cellular reproduction, used primarily in the treatment of psoriasis and certain cancers and as an immunosuppressive agent.
- methoxychlor — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 1 5 Cl 3 O 2 , used as an insecticide.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- metrorrhagia — nonmenstrual discharge of blood from the uterus; uterine hemorrhage.
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- microchipped — Simple past tense and past participle of microchip.
- mimeographed — Simple past tense and past participle of mimeograph.