15-letter words containing h, y, l, o, m
- hypocortisolism — (medicine) A cortisol deficiency.
- hypoinsulinemia — (medicine) An abnormally low level of insulin in the blood.
- hypoinsulinemic — Having hypoinsulinemia.
- hypolydian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from C to C, with the final on F.
- immunohistology — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- inhomogeneously — lack of homogeneity.
- lavatory humour — humour characterized by excessive mention of lavatories and the excretory functions; vulgar or scatological humour
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
- lutzow-holm bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean on the coast of Antarctica between Queen Maud Land and Enderby Land.
- lymphadenectomy — the excision of one or more lymph nodes, usually as a procedure in the surgical removal or destruction of a cancer.
- lymphadenopathy — chronically swollen lymph nodes.
- lymphocytopenia — (pathology) An abnormally low level of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- lymphoid tissue — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.
- malayan camphor — borneol.
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- masochistically — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
- medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
- melancholically — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- metamorphically — In a metamorphic manner.
- methyl chloride — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Cl, used chiefly as a refrigerant, as a local anesthetic, and as a methylating agent in organic synthesis.
- methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- methylcobalamin — A cobalamin used to treat neuropathies.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- methylheptenone — a colorless liquid, C 8 H 1 4 O, occurring in many essential oils and produced by synthesis: used in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of inexpensive perfumes.
- methylpropanone — (organic compound) The industrial solvent butanone.
- micromorphology — the study of the form and structure of organisms at a microscopic level
- microphysically — in a microphysical manner
- microsporophyll — a leaflike organ bearing microsporangia.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- military school — military academy.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- monomethylamine — methylamine.
- monthly meeting — (often initial capital letters) a district unit of local congregations of the Society of Friends.
- morphologically — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- morphophonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- mythologization — The act or process of mythologizing.
- nephrolithotomy — incision or opening of a kidney pelvis for removal of a calculus.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- payment holiday — a break taken from paying ( a debt etc) back
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- physical memory — (memory management) The memory hardware (normally RAM) installed in a computer. The term is only used in contrast to virtual memory.
- physicochemical — physical and chemical: the physicochemical properties of an isomer.