11-letter words containing m, i, h, r, a
- hemiparesis — partial paralysis affecting only one side of the body.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- 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
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexametrize — to write or put into hexameters
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- hill farmer — a farmer on a hill farm
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hiram maxim — Hiram Percy, 1869–1936, U.S. inventor.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- honorariums — Plural form of honorarium.
- honourarium — Nonstandard spelling of honorarium.
- hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hyperoxemia — abnormal acidity of the blood.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyperthymia — a condition characterized by extreme overactivity.
- hypochromia — an anemic condition due to a deficiency of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
- hypothermia — Pathology. subnormal body temperature.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- intrathymic — Within the thymus.
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- isallotherm — a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature variations within a given period of time.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- light cream — sweet cream with less butterfat than heavy cream.
- light-armed — carrying light weapons: light-armed troops.
- logarithmic — pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macrophagic — Of or pertaining to macrophages.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- mailcatcher — a device on a mail car that, while the train is moving, picks up mailbags suspended beside the track.
- mammy chair — a slinglike device for raising or lowering passengers to and from ships anchored away from the shore in a heavy swell.
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.
- marathonian — a native or inhabitant of Marathon.
- marathoning — the sport of running marathons
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- marshalling — a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies. Compare field marshal.
- marshalship — The position or role of a marshal.