10-letter words containing m, c, a
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hemachrome — Alternative form of haemachrome.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hemiacetal — any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemicrania — pain in one side of the head.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- histaminic — Biochemistry, Physiology. a heterocyclic amine, C 5 H 9 N 3 , released by mast cells when tissue is injured or in allergic and inflammatory reactions, causing dilation of small blood vessels and smooth muscle contraction.
- home match — a match played on a team's home ground
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- horse clam — gaper.
- human race — humanity, humans as a species
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- humic acid — a brown, melanin-tinted mixture of polymers, found in lignite, peat, and soils, where it acts as a cation exchange agent: used in drilling fluids and inks.
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- ice hammer — a form of ice axe in which one part of the head is shaped like a hammer
- ice maiden — a beautiful but aloof woman
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- iconoclasm — the action or spirit of iconoclasts.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- iconomatic — employing pictures to represent not objects themselves but the sound of their names
- ideogramic — Alt form ideogrammic.
- imbalanced — If you describe a situation as imbalanced, you mean that the elements within it are not evenly or fairly arranged.
- imbricated — Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined.
- imbricates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of imbricate.
- imbroccata — a downward pass or thrust