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15-letter words containing m, a, c, e

  • grain itch mite — a mite, Pyemotes ventricosus, that often occurs in straw and normally feeds on the larvae of insects but opportunistically bites humans, causing an itching dermatitis.
  • grammar checker — a utility that allows the user to check a document for errors of grammar
  • grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
  • grappier cement — a by-product of the calcination of hydraulic lime, having similar properties and made from ground, unslaked lumps.
  • gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
  • greenham common — a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • haematachometer — (dated) An apparatus for measuring the velocity of the blood.
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • hard-shell clam — quahog.
  • harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • have a smack at — to attempt
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
  • hemochromatosis — a rare metabolic disorder characterized by a bronzed skin, cirrhosis, and severe diabetes, caused by the deposit in tissue, especially of the liver and pancreas, of hemosiderin and other pigments containing iron.
  • hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
  • hepatocarcinoma — (pathology) cancer of the liver.
  • herbal medicine — the use of herbs to treat illness
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • heterochromatic — of, having, or pertaining to more than one color.
  • heterochromatin — the dense, highly stainable part of a chromosome.
  • hip replacement — a surgical procedure involving replacing the hip joint with an artificial implant
  • histochemically — In a histochemical manner.
  • homeopathically — By means of homeopathy.
  • homeostatically — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • hopper casement — a casement with a sash hinged at the bottom.
  • horned screamer — a screamer, Anhima cornuta, of tropical South America, having a long, slender hornlike process projecting from the forehead.
  • human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
  • humpback bridge — arched bridge
  • hurdle champion — a hurdler who has defeated all others in a competition
  • hydromechanical — Of or pertaining to hydromechanics.
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hyperdemocratic — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
  • ice-cream maker — a device used in making ice cream
  • identical rhyme — rhyme created by the repetition of a word.
  • image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
  • image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
  • imitative magic — magic that attempts to control the universe through the mimicking of a desired event, as by stabbing an image of an enemy in an effort to destroy him or her or by performing a ritual dance imitative of the growth of food in an effort to secure an abundant supply; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that similar actions produce similar results.
  • immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
  • impact adhesive — a glue designed to give adhesion when two coated surfaces are pressed together
  • imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
  • implicativeness — the state or quality of being implicative
  • imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
  • improvvisatrice — Alternative form of improvisatrice.
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