11-letter words containing m, i, s, h, a
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- myxasthenia — defective secretion of mucus.
- nightdreams — Plural form of nightdream.
- nightmarish — resembling a nightmare, especially in being terrifying, exasperating, or the like: his nightmarish experience in a concentration camp.
- nishinomiya — a city on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- nizhnekamsk — a city in the E Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Kazan.
- oarsmanship — The skill of rowing a boat.
- old-maidish — characteristic of or resembling an old maid.
- ophthalmist — an eye expert; an oculist
- opisthosoma — the abdomen of a spider or other arachnid
- pan-atheism — the belief that because there is no God, nothing can properly be termed sacred or holy.
- panentheism — the belief that God is a part of the universe as well as transcending it
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- parish pump — of only local interest; parochial
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- phonematics — phonemics.
- photomosaic — mosaic (def 4).
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- pillow sham — an ornamental cover laid over a bed pillow.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- psammophile — a plant or animal that thrives in sand
- ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
- re-emphasis — special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- schematical — based on a scheme or structured arrangement
- schismatist — schismatic (def 2).
- schismatize — to take part in a schism.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
- seismograph — any of various instruments for measuring and recording the vibrations of earthquakes.
- shamanistic — the animistic religion of northern Asia, embracing a belief in powerful spirits that can be influenced only by shamans.
- showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
- shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- sir michael — Sir Michael (Kemp) 1905–98, British composer.
- small white — a small white butterfly, Artogeia rapae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
- south miami — a town in S Florida.
- sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
- stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
- subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.