11-letter words containing m, a, h, r, i
- bachelorism — bachelorhood
- bar mitzvah — A bar mitzvah is a ceremony that takes place on the thirteenth birthday of a Jewish boy, after which he is regarded as an adult.
- barthianism — the theological doctrines and principles of Karl Barth and his followers, especially in reference to neoorthodoxy.
- bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
- behaviorism — Behaviorism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
- bodhidharma — 6th century ad, Indian Buddhist monk, who taught in China (from 520): considered to be the founder of Zen Buddhism
- brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
- brahmachari — a student of the Vedas, especially one committed to brahmacharya.
- brahminical — Hinduism. Brahman1 (def 1).
- branchiform — shaped like a gill.
- brith milah — the rite of circumcision on the eighth day after birth
- calathiform — cup-shaped; concave.
- camphor ice — an ointment consisting of camphor, white wax, spermaceti, and castor oil, used to treat skin ailments, esp chapped skin
- camphor oil — a colorless liquid obtained from the wood of the camphor tree by distillation and separation from the solid camphor, used in varnish, soaps, and shoe polish, and in medicine chiefly as a rubefacient.
- cashierment — the action of rejecting or dismissing
- ceramic hob — (on an electric cooker) a flat ceramic cooking surface having heating elements fitted on the underside, usually patterned to show the areas where heat is produced
- chairwarmer — an office holder, committee member, or employee who is inactive and ineffective
- chamberlain — A chamberlain is the person who is in charge of the household affairs of a king, queen, or person of high social rank.
- chambermaid — A chambermaid is a woman who cleans and tidies the bedrooms in a hotel.
- chamfer bit — a bit for beveling the edge of a hole.
- champerties — Plural form of champerty.
- charchemish — an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the Mitanni kingdom; later the capital of the Hittite empire.
- charientism — (rhetoric) A figure of speech wherein a taunting expression is softened by a jest; an insult veiled in grace.
- charismatic — A charismatic person attracts, influences, and inspires people by their personal qualities.
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chiromancer — A palm reader, one who practices chiromancy.
- chiromantic — relating to chiromancy
- chloramines — Plural form of chloramine.
- choirmaster — A choirmaster is a person whose job is to train a choir.
- chomo lhari — a peak on the Bhutan-Tibet border, in the Himalaya Mountains: sacred to Tibetans. 23,997 feet (7314 meters).
- chrismation — a rite of initiation involving anointing with chrism and taking place at the same time as baptism
- chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
- christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
- christogram — a symbol of Christ, especially the Chi-Rho.
- chromatinic — Of or pertaining to chromatin.
- chrominance — the quality of light that causes the sensation of colour. It is determined by comparison with a reference source of the same brightness and of known chromaticity
- co-chairman — one of two or more joint chairmen.
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- cologarithm — the logarithm of the reciprocal of a number; the negative value of the logarithm
- comradeship — Comradeship is friendship between a number of people who are doing the same work or who share the same difficulties or dangers.
- crampfishes — Plural form of crampfish.
- crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
- cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
- demographic — Demographic means relating to or concerning demography.
- diachronism — the passage of a geological formation across time planes, as occurs when a marine sediment laid down by an advancing sea is noticeably younger in the direction of advancement
- diamorphine — heroin.
- diaphragmic — Which uses, or which is located in or near, the diaphragm.
- dichromates — Plural form of dichromate.
- dichromatic — having or consisting of only two colours