11-letter words containing i, c, e, m, a, h
- inhancement — Obsolete form of enhancement.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- kitchenmaid — a female servant who assists the cook.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- machiavelli — Niccolò di Bernardo [neek-kaw-law dee ber-nahr-daw] /ˌnik kɔˈlɔ di bɛrˈnɑr dɔ/ (Show IPA), 1469–1527, Italian statesman, political philosopher, and author.
- machicolate — to provide with machicolations.
- machine age — the period in the early 20th century when there was greater production and more new inventions of machinery than previously, and considered to be at a peak between the first and second world wars
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineable — Alternative form of machinable.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machinelike — like a machine, as in regular movement or uniform pattern of operation: to conduct business with machinelike efficiency.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- main chance — an opportunity offering the greatest gain: Being ambitious, he always had an eye for the main chance.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mathematica — (tool, mathematics) A popular symbolic mathematics and graphics system, developed in 1988 by Stephen Wolfram and sold by Wolfram Research. The language emphasises rules and pattern-matching. The name was suggested by Steve Jobs. Mailing list: [email protected]
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanician — a person skilled in constructing, working, or repairing machines; mechanic; machinist.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechanizing — Present participle of mechanize.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandize — Alternative spelling of merchandise.
- merchanting — the act of selling commodities
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- meta-ethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaethical — (ethics) Of or pertaining to metaethics.
- metamorphic — pertaining to or characterized by change of form, or metamorphosis.
- metanephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- metatrophic — requiring dead organic matter for food.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- miami beach — a city in SE Florida on an island 2½ miles (4 km) across Biscayne Bay from Miami: seaside resort.
- michigander — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- michiganite — a native or inhabitant of Michigan.
- microcephal — a person with microcephaly
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.