9-letter words containing m, e, c
- hatchment — a square tablet, set diagonally, bearing the coat of arms of a deceased person.
- heart cam — Machinery. a cam with a single lobe having the general shape of a heart.
- hecatombs — Plural form of hecatomb.
- hectogram — a unit of mass or weight equal to 100 grams, equivalent to 3.527 ounces avoirdupois. Abbreviation: hg.
- hectorism — the character or actions of a hector
- hegemonic — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hematinic — a medicine, as a compound of iron, that tends to increase the amount of hematin or hemoglobin in the blood.
- hematitic — Of or pertaining to hematite, or resembling it.
- hemicycle — a semicircle.
- hemispace — the area to either the right or left side of the body
- hemistich — the exact or approximate half of a stich, or poetic verse or line, especially as divided by a caesura or the like.
- hemocoels — Plural form of hemocoel.
- hemocytes — Plural form of hemocyte.
- hemogenic — Of, or relating to the production of blood cells.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hemotoxic — a toxin, as cobra venom, that causes a hemolytic reaction.
- hemstitch — to hem along a line from which threads have been drawn out, stitching the cross threads into a series of little groups.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hermetics — alchemy
- hexameric — Of or pertaining to a hexamer.
- home care — a service provided by a local authority social services department to those whom it judges most need it
- home-care — of, relating to, or designating care, especially medical care, given or received at home: a member of the hospital's home-care staff.
- homecomer — someone who is coming home
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- homecraft — skills used in the home
- homeplace — a person's birthplace or family home.
- homeslice — Alternative spelling of home slice (Someone from one's home town.).
- homicides — Plural form of homicide.
- homiletic — of or relating to preaching or to homilies.
- homocercy — the condition in fish of having a symmetrical tail
- homogenic — having only one alternative form, or one allele, of a gene or genes: The plagues attacked relatively homogenic populations.
- honeycomb — a structure of rows of hexagonal wax cells, formed by bees in their hive for the storage of honey, pollen, and their eggs.
- how come? — what is the reason that?
- humbucker — (music) A pickup, on an electric guitar, that has a pair of coils of reverse polarity connected in series - to
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- humectate — to humect ie to moisten, to wet
- humective — tending to moisten
- hyperemic — an abnormally large amount of blood in any part of the body.
- hypericum — A yellow-flowered plant of a genus that includes the St. John’s worts and rose of Sharon.
- hypoxemic — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- i.chem.e. — Institution of Chemical Engineers
- ice cream — a frozen food containing cream or milk and butterfat, sugar, flavoring, and sometimes eggs.
- ice maker — machine that makes ice cubes
- ice storm — a storm of freezing rain and widespread glaze formation.
- ice-minus — noting or pertaining to genetically altered bacteria used on crops to inhibit frost formation.
- icemakers — Plural form of icemaker.
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- imbalance — the state or condition of lacking balance, as in proportion or distribution.
- imbecilic — of, relating to, or characteristic of an imbecile.
- imbracery — embracery.