13-letter words containing m, e, d, o
- geodesic dome — a light, domelike structure developed by R. Buckminster Fuller to combine the properties of the tetrahedron and the sphere and consisting essentially of a grid of compression or tension members lying upon or parallel to great circles running in three directions in any given area, the typical form being the projection upon a sphere of an icosahedron, the triangular faces of which are filled with a symmetrical triangular, hexagonal, or quadrangular grid.
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- good-tempered — good-natured; amiable.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- gregor mendel — Gregor Johann [greg-er yoh-hahn;; German grey-gawr yoh-hahn] /ˈgrɛg ər ˈyoʊ hɑn;; German ˈgreɪ gɔr ˈyoʊ hɑn/ (Show IPA), 1822–84, Austrian monk and botanist.
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
- haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- handsome lake — 1735-1815; Seneca prophet, social reformer, & founder of a North American Indian religion named after him
- have a mad on — to be angry
- head of steam — momentum; driving power
- helicoid cyme — an inflorescence, or cyme, in which each flowering branch gives rise to one lateral branch that is coiled snail-like and then expanded.
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemiterpenoid — (chemistry) a terpenoid having a C5 skeleton.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodite — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphrodyte — (archaic) alternative spelling of hermaphrodite.
- heterodimeric — (chemistry) produced from two similar but different monomers.
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- holiday-maker — vacationer.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- home delivery — delivery to one's home
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homing device — a mechanism incorporated into a guided missile, airplane, etc., that aims it toward its objective.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- humboldt peak — a mountain in S Colorado, in the Sangre de Cristo range. 14,064 feet (4290 meters).
- hydrogen bomb — a bomb, more powerful than an atomic bomb, that derives its explosive energy from the thermonuclear fusion reaction of hydrogen isotopes.
- hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
- hydromorphone — A synthetic narcotic analgesic, (4,5 alpha-epoxy-3-hydroxy-17-methyl morphinan-6-one), similar to morphine and heroin. It is used for moderate to severe pain under the trade name Dilaudid.
- hydroxylamine — an unstable, weakly basic, crystalline compound, NH 3 O, used as a reducing agent, analytical reagent, and chemical intermediate.
- hydroxymethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical HO-CH2-.
- hypolipidemia — (medicine) A lower than normal concentration of lipids in the blood.
- hypolipidemic — That reduces the concentration of lipid in blood serum.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
- imponderables — Plural form of imponderable.
- improvidently — In an improvident manner.