12-letter words containing l, a, m, e, c, h
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.
- hypocalcemic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypocalcemia.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- immethodical — not methodical; without method or system.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- law merchant — the principles and rules, drawn chiefly from custom, determining the rights and obligations of commercial transactions; commercial law.
- league match — a match played between teams in a league (as opposed to an international game)
- like a charm — perfectly; successfully
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- machiavelian — of, like, or befitting Machiavelli.
- machicolated — Having machicolations.
- machine bolt — a threaded fastener, used with a nut for connecting metal parts, having a thread diameter of about 1/4 inch (6.4 mm) or more and a square or hexagonal head for tightening by a wrench.
- machine tool — a power-operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- mail-cheeked — (of certain fishes) having the cheeks crossed with a bony plate.
- manna lichen — any of several crustose lichens of the genus Lecanora, especially L. esculenta, found in the African and Arabian deserts, used for food by humans and other animals.
- mathematical — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- mechanizable — Capable of being mechanized.
- mechlin lace — a fine bobbin lace with raised cord, originally made in Mechlin.
- megacephalic — macrocephalic.
- megalecithal — having a large amount of yolk, as certain eggs or ova.
- melancholiac — affected with melancholia.
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melanochroic — Melanochroid
- merchantable — marketable: merchantable war-surplus goods.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- metaphorical — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metathetical — (linguistics) exhibiting metathesis.
- methacrylate — an ester or salt derived from methacrylic acid.
- methodically — performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- michael viii — surnamed Palaeologus (ˈpælɪəˌləʊɡəs). 1224–82, Byzantine emperor (1259–82); founder of the Palaeologan dynasty. His reign saw the recovery of Constantinople from the Latins (1261) and the reunion (1274) of the Greek and Roman churches
- michel baron — Michel [mee-shel] /miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA), (Michel Boyron) 1653–1729, French actor.
- michelangelo — (Michelangelo Buonarroti) 1475–1564, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- middle watch — the watch from midnight until 4 a.m.
- mischallenge — an improper challenge
- mischanceful — unlucky
- mole-catcher — someone or something who catches, traps, or kills moles
- monocephalic — bearing one flower head, as the dandelion.
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- needle match — a bitterly fought contest between two competitors or teams who bear each other a grudge