11-letter words containing m, e, c
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- heroic poem — a poem written in an epic style using lines of iambic pentameter.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- hexadecimal — Also, hex. of or relating to a numbering system that uses 16 as the radix, employing the numerals 0 through 9 and representing digits greater than 9 with the letters A through F.
- hexidecimal — (spelling) Mis-spelling of "hexadecimal".
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high comedy — comedy dealing with polite society, characterized by sophisticated, witty dialogue and an intricate plot.
- high-income — of or relating to those with a larger income than the average.
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home office — the main office of a company.
- home screen — television.
- home-school — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeopathic — of, relating to, or according to the principles of homeopathy.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homeschools — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of homeschool.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- homewrecker — One who is blamed for the breakup of a marriage or family, such as an adulterous partner.
- homiletical — Of or relating to familiar intercourse; social; companionable.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.
- homodimeric — Of or pertaining to a homodimer.
- homogametic — producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes.
- homogenetic — pertaining to or characterized by homogenesis.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homothermic — (biology) warm-blooded.
- honeycombed — Having a perforated structure, resembling a honeycomb.
- house music — an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humectation — A moistening.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydrometric — Concerning or applying hydrometry.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hyperemetic — characterized by extreme and unrelenting vomiting
- hypermetric — Having a redundant syllable.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypokalemic — Having a low percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
- hypothermic — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- hypovolemic — Of, pertaining to, or characterized by low volume of blood in the circulatory system; as hypovolemic shock.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- ice climber — a mountain climber who specializes in ascending frozen surfaces