11-letter words containing m, e, r, i, t
- freneticism — the state or quality of being frenetic
- frotteurism — (sexuality) The act of rubbing one’s genitalia against another’s person, usually that of a stranger. Must be non-consensual and is considered a psychiatric condition as well as a criminal offense in most places. (If consensual, it is known as frottage).
- fugitometer — an instrument used for measuring the fastness to light of dyed materials
- furnishment — (obsolete) The act of furnishing, or of supplying furniture.
- gangsterism — the methods or behavior of gangsters.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geoisotherm — isogeotherm.
- geometrical — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometrized — Simple past tense and past participle of geometrize.
- germinating — Present participle of germinate.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- germinative — capable of germinating, developing, or creating; of or pertaining to germination.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- great miami — Miami2 (def 2).
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- haematocrit — Alternative spelling of hematocrit.
- hammersmith — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hammerstein — Oscar, 1847?–1919, U.S. theatrical manager, born in Germany.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- harvesttime — the time of year when a crop or crops are harvested, especially autumn.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemerythrin — a type of protein responsible for oxygen transportation in some marine invertebrates
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- 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.
- 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.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexametrize — to write or put into hexameters
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments