11-letter words containing m, a, r, s, c, h
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- farm cheese — a mild, firm pressed cheese
- french seam — a seam in which the raw edges of the cloth are completely covered by sewing them together, first on the right side, then on the wrong.
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- hammerlocks — Plural form of hammerlock.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harmonicist — Someone who plays the harmonica.
- harmonistic — pertaining to a harmonist or harmony.
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- jackhammers — Plural form of jackhammer.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macrographs — Plural form of macrograph.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- marcheshvan — Heshvan.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marsh cress — any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, especially R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
- matchboards — Plural form of matchboard.
- matchmakers — Plural form of matchmaker.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- search term — Computers. a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, Web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.