13-letter words containing h, y, m, n
- platyhelminth — any worm of the phylum Platyhelminthes; a flatworm.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- pyrimethamine — a potent substance, C 1 2 H 1 3 ClN 4 , used against susceptible plasmodia in the prophylactic treatment of malaria and against Toxoplasma gondi in the treatment of toxoplasmosis.
- pythian games — (in ancient Greece) the second most important Panhellenic festival, celebrated in the third year of each Olympiad near Delphi. The four-year period between celebrations was known as a Pythiad (ˈpɪθɪˌæd )
- rahimyar khan — a city in E Pakistan.
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- rhythmization — the act or process of rhythmizing something
- rising rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable preceded by one or more unaccented ones.
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- scythian lamb — a fern, Cibotium barometz, of southeastern Asia, having stalks covered with shaggy, brownish hair and large, feathery leaves, formerly believed to be a source of vegetable wool.
- semisynthetic — derived synthetically from one or more substances of natural origin.
- shell company — A shell company is a company that another company takes over in order to use its name to gain an advantage.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- sphingomyelin — any of the class of phospholipids occurring chiefly in the brain and spinal cord, composed of phosphoric acid, choline, sphingosine, and a fatty acid.
- sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
- synodic month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- synophthalmia — cyclopia.
- the archenemy — the devil
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- vowel harmony — a phonological rule in some languages, as Hungarian and Turkish, requiring that the vowels of a word all share a specified feature, such as front or back articulation, thereby conditioning the form that affixes may take, as in forming the Turkish plurals evler “houses” from ev “house” and adamlar “men” from adam “man.”.
- with impunity — unpunished
- yachtsmanship — The ability or art of being adept at sailing a yacht.
- zymotechnical — relating to the technology of fermentation