10-letter words containing h, y, m, n
- homonymity — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honeymonth — a couple's honeymoon or their first month of marriage
- honeymoons — Plural form of honeymoon.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- hush money — a bribe to keep someone silent about something, especially to keep the receiver from exposing a scandal.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hymeneally — in a hymenean manner
- hymenotomy — incision of the hymen.
- hymn sheet — a sheet of paper with the words of hymns printed on it
- hymnodists — Plural form of hymnodist.
- hypanthium — a cup-shaped or tubular body formed by the conjoined sepals, petals, and stamens.
- hypermania — excessive excitement or enthusiasm; craze: The country has a mania for soccer.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernymic — Of or pertaining to hypernyms.
- hypnodrama — the acting out of a traumatic experience, under hypnosis, by a person undergoing psychotherapy.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hyponymous — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- inhumanely — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- inhumanity — the state or quality of being inhuman or inhumane; cruelty.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lye hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.
- lymph node — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mesenchyme — cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.
- millihenry — a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry. Abbreviation: mH, mh.
- money shot — a shot in a pornographic film in which a male performer is seen to ejaculate
- monochromy — the skill of painting or sketching using only a single colour
- monography — A monograph.
- monohybrid — the offspring of individuals that differ with respect to a particular gene pair.
- monohydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) monohydroxy.
- monomethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single methyl group in a molecule.
- monorhymed — rhymed on a single rhyme
- morphogeny — a biological term denoting the origin and development of morphological forms
- mossy horn — an old steer, especially a longhorn with scaly horns.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mythmaking — the practice of creating myths
- mythogenic — producing or capable of producing myths.