12-letter words containing m, a, c, h
- encompasseth — Archaic third-person singular form of encompass.
- encroachment — Intrusion on a person's territory, rights, etc.
- enhancements — An increase or improvement in quality, value, or extent.
- enharmonical — relating to the enharmonic scale
- epirrhematic — relating to epirrhema
- 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.
- flame stitch — an ornamental stitch, used on bedspreads, upholstery fabrics, and the like, producing rows of ogees in various colors.
- forasmuch as — since
- forced march — any march that is longer than troops are accustomed to and maintained at a faster pace than usual, generally undertaken for a particular objective under emergency conditions.
- from scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- game-changer — Sports. an athlete, play, etc., that suddenly changes the outcome of a game or contest.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- gemeinschaft — an association of individuals having sentiments, tastes, and attitudes in common; fellowship.
- 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.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
- haemophiliac — A person with haemophilia.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hamantaschen — a small triangular cake often made with yeast and filled with a mixture of poppy seeds and honey or with prune paste, prepared especially for the festival of Purim.
- hammer price — the price offered as the winning bid in a public auction
- 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.
- handcraftman — handicraftsman.
- hansom (cab) — a 19th-cent. two-wheeled covered carriage for two passengers, pulled by one horse: the driver's seat is above and behind the cab
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- 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
- harum-scarum — reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.
- have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- 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.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- 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.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- 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.