12-letter words containing m, e, y, r
- gay marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- gaya maretan — Gayomart.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heteromorphy — (biology) The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heterothermy — The possession of characteristics of both poikilothermy and homeothermy.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homoiothermy — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hymenopteron — hymenopteran.
- hyperchromic — (physics, chemistry) Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment.
- hypercomplex — (mathematics) Describing any of several types of higher-dimensional numbers having some characteristics of complex numbers.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hyperkalemia — an abnormally high concentration of potassium in the blood.
- hyperkalemic — Having a high percentage of potassium in one's blood.
- hyperlipemia — excessive amounts of fat and fatty substances in the blood; lipemia.
- hyperlipemic — characterized by an excessive level of fat in the blood