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13-letter words containing i, h, m

  • bottomfishing — to fish with a weighted line for fish that feed close to the bottom.
  • bowling match — a game of bowls
  • brahma vihara — vihara (def 3).
  • brahma-vihara — (initial capital letter). Also called Brahma Vihara. one of the four states of mind, namely love, compassion, sympathetic gladness, and equanimity, to be developed by every Buddhist.
  • brahminy kite — a common kite, Haliastur indus, of southern Asia and the southwest Pacific islands, having reddish-brown plumage with a white head and breast.
  • brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
  • bring home to — to convince of
  • brinksmanship — the technique or practice of maneuvering a dangerous situation to the limits of tolerance or safety in order to secure the greatest advantage, especially by creating diplomatic crises.
  • buff-tip moth — a large European moth, Phalera bucephala, having violet-brown buff-tipped forewings held at rest around the body so that it resembles a snapped-off twig
  • bumblebeefish — any of several gobies of the genus Brachygobius, inhabiting waters of the Malay Archipelago and having brown and yellow bands on the body that resemble the markings of a bumblebee.
  • calcium light — limelight (sense 1)
  • callithumpian — relating to or resembling a callithump
  • camping chair — a chair which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • cashew family — the plant family Anacardiaceae, typified by trees, shrubs, or vines having resinous and sometimes poisonous juice, alternate leaves, small flowers, and a nut or fleshy fruit, and including the cashew, mango, pistachio, poison ivy, and sumac.
  • catastrophism — an old doctrine, now discarded, that the earth was created and has subsequently been shaped by sudden divine acts which have no logical connection with each other rather than by gradual evolutionary processes
  • catecholamine — any of a group of hormones that are catechol derivatives, esp adrenaline and noradrenaline
  • cecropia moth — a large North American saturniid moth, Hyalophora (or Samia) cecropia, with brightly coloured wings and feathery antennae
  • cephalometric — Relating to cephalometrics.
  • chain measure — measurement of distance using a chain 66 feet (20 meters) long, of which one link equals 7.9 inches (20.1 cm).
  • chairmanships — Plural form of chairmanship.
  • chamber music — Chamber music is classical music written for a small number of instruments.
  • chameleonlike — any of numerous Old World lizards of the family Chamaeleontidae, characterized by the ability to change the color of their skin, very slow locomotion, and a projectile tongue.
  • championships — Plural form of championship.
  • changing room — A changing room is a room where you can change your clothes and usually have a shower, for example at a sports centre.
  • chapman stick — an electronically amplified musical instrument with ten or twelve strings and a fretted neck, which is played by striking the strings against the frets with the fingers
  • chase mortise — a mortise having one inclined narrow side.
  • chastisements — severe criticism; a rebuke or strong reprimand.
  • check-in time — The check-in time at a hotel is the time from which guests are expected to arrive.
  • checkweighman — a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
  • cheiromantist — A chiromancer.
  • chemical bond — a mutual attraction between two atoms resulting from a redistribution of their outer electrons
  • chemical peel — a cosmetic treatment used to eliminate wrinkles, blemishes, etc., in which an acid is applied to the face, neck, or hands, causing a layer of skin to peel off.
  • chemical pulp — wood pulp made from chemically treated and cooked wood fibers and used in the manufacture of better grades of paper.
  • chemin de fer — a gambling game, a variation of baccarat
  • chemisorption — an adsorption process in which an adsorbate is held on the surface of an adsorbent by chemical bonds
  • chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chime in with — If one thing chimes in with another thing or chimes with it, the two things are similar or consistent with each other.
  • chimney piece — mantelpiece
  • chimney place — an open hearth.
  • chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
  • chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
  • chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
  • chimney wheel — smokejack.
  • chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
  • chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
  • chinese money — funny money (def 3).
  • chiromantical — Of or pertaining to chiromancy.
  • chlormerodrin — a white, bitter, odorless powder, ClHgN 2 H 11 O 2 , soluble in methanol and ethanol and slightly soluble in water, used in medicine as a diuretic.
  • chlorobromide — a chlorine and bromine compound joined to a metal
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