14-letter words containing m, a, h, o, n
- hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hangman's knot — a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.
- haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- have a mind to — think about doing
- have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- helium balloon — a balloon that is filled with helium and rises up into the air if not held
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- hexosaminidase — the enzymes that catalyse the metabolism of gangliosides
- hold to ransom — to keep (prisoners, property, etc) in confinement until payment for their release is made or received
- holy matrimony — marriage
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home and hosed — definitely safe or successful
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- homeward bound — going home
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- homogenization — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homotransplant — allograft.
- household name — a person or thing that is very well known
- housing market — property trade
- huffman coding — (algorithm) A data compression technique which varies the length of the encoded symbol in proportion to its information content, that is the more often a symbol or token is used, the shorter the binary string used to represent it in the compressed stream. Huffman codes can be properly decoded because they obey the prefix property, which means that no code can be a prefix of another code, and so the complete set of codes can be represented as a binary tree, known as a Huffman tree. Huffman coding was first described in a seminal paper by D.A. Huffman in 1952.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humidification — to make humid.
- hydrodynamical — Hydrodynamic.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
- hypernephromas — Plural form of hypernephroma.
- hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
- hypomenorrhoea — an extremely light menstrual bleeding
- hypomixolydian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the last of the eight scales
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
- in the name of — a word or a combination of words by which a person, place, or thing, a body or class, or any object of thought is designated, called, or known.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- james stanhope — James, 1st Earl Stanhope, 1673–1721, British soldier and statesman: prime minister 1717–18.
- khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
- lap microphone — a small microphone that may be clipped to the speaker's lapel, pocket, or the like.
- le misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- longshorewoman — a woman employed on the wharves of a port, as in loading and unloading vessels.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- lymphangiogram — an X-ray of the lymphatic system taken after a contrast agent has been injected, often used to diagnose lymphoma
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.