12-letter words containing m, a, c, h, i, o
- chromophilia — the property of staining readily.
- chromophobia — Lb biology The quality of being resistant to staining.
- cochairwoman — a woman who cochairs an organization
- coin machine — slot machine (def 2).
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- cornishwoman — a woman who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cytochemical — the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- dichromatism — the quality or condition of being dichromatic
- doomwatching — the act of watching the environment to warn of and prevent harm
- echinodermal — (zoology) Relating or belonging to the echinoderms.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- epoch-making — An epoch-making change or declaration is considered to be extremely important because it is likely to have a significant effect on a particular period of time.
- etheromaniac — a person who is addicted to ether
- exophthalmic — Having or characterized by protruding eyes.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- geomechanics — the study and application of rock and soil mechanics
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- harmonic law — any one of three laws governing planetary motion: each planet revolves in an ellipse, with the sun at one focus; the line connecting a planet to the sun sweeps out equal areas in equal periods of time (law of areas) or the square of the period of revolution of each planet is proportional to the cube of the semimajor axis of the planet's orbit (harmonic law)
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmonichord — a musical instrument resembling an upright piano intended to fuse the sound of a violin with the functionality of a piano, the tone therefore produced using friction rather than through striking
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hippopotamic — like, of, or relating to a hippopotamus
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- home machine — 1. Synonym home box. 2. The machine that receives your e-mail. These senses might be distinct, for example, for a hacker who owns one computer at home, but reads e-mail at work.
- homoeopathic — Alternative spelling of homeopathic.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- homoromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the same gender.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydrodynamic — pertaining to forces in or motions of liquids.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypocalcemia — an abnormally small amount of calcium in the blood.