13-letter words containing m, a, d, h
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- herbal remedy — a medical treatment made with herbs
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- hoodman-blind — blindman's buff.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- humped cattle — any of several breeds of domestic cattle developed from the Indian species Bos indicus and characterized by a hump of fat and muscle over the shoulders.
- hydrated lime — a soft, white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, Ca(OH) 2 , obtained by the action of water on lime: used chiefly in mortars, plasters, and cements.
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hypolipidemia — (medicine) A lower than normal concentration of lipids in the blood.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- idiochromatic — (of a mineral) deriving a characteristic color from its capacity to absorb certain light rays.
- lamaze method — a method by which an expectant mother is prepared for childbirth by education, psychological and physical conditioning, and breathing exercises.
- landsmanshaft — a fraternal organization made up of immigrants from the same region.
- lead chromate — a yellow crystalline compound, PbCrO 4 , toxic, insoluble in water: used as an industrial paint pigment.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
- madhya bharat — a former state of central India; now included in Madhya Pradesh.
- magnetic head — head (def 33).
- maid of honor — an unmarried woman who is the chief attendant of a bride. Compare matron of honor.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
- marbled white — any butterfly of the satyrid genus Melanargia, with panelled black-and-white wings, but technically a brown butterfly; found in grassland
- marching band — musical group that parades
- match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
- merchandisers — Plural form of merchandiser.
- merchandising — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandizing — Alternative spelling of merchandising.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metanephridia — Plural form of metanephridium.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
- milford haven — a bay in SW Wales.
- misapprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend.
- mitochondrial — (cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.