12-letter words containing m, i, s, h, e, a
- homo sapiens — (italics) the species of bipedal primates to which modern humans belong, characterized by a brain capacity averaging 1400 cc (85 cubic in.) and by dependence upon language and the creation and utilization of complex tools.
- homoeostasis — Alternative spelling of homeostasis.
- horse marine — (formerly) a marine mounted on horseback or a cavalryman doing duty on shipboard.
- horsemanship — the art, ability, skill, or manner of a horseman.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- hyperrealism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- iatrochemist — a person who practises iatrochemistry
- idea hamster — a person who is employed as a source of new ideas
- impeachments — Plural form of impeachment.
- imperishable — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperishably — In an imperishable manner.
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- lamplighters — Plural form of lamplighter.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lisp machine — 1. (architecture) Any machine (whether notional or actual) whose instruction set is Lisp. 2. (hardware, operating system) A line of workstations made by Symbolics, Inc. from the mid-1970s (having grown out of the MIT AI Lab) to late 1980s. All system code for Symbolics Lisp Machines was written in Lisp Machine Lisp. Symbolics Lisp Machines were also notable for having had space-cadet keyboards.
- machine shop — a workshop in which metal and other substances are cut, shaped, etc., by machine tools.
- mackintoshes — Plural form of mackintosh.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
- mastigophore — Any flagellate of the phylum Mastigophora.
- matriarchies — Plural form of matriarchy.
- mechanicians — Plural form of mechanician.
- mechatronics — The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems.
- mediatorship — the position of a mediator
- melancholics — Plural form of melancholic.
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- merchandised — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandiser — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- merchandises — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesocephalic — having a head with a cephalic index between that of dolichocephaly and brachycephaly.
- mesolecithal — centrolecithal.
- mesothelioma — a malignant tumor of the covering of the lung or the lining of the pleural and abdominal cavities, often associated with exposure to asbestos.
- metachronism — An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- metal polish — cleaning fluid designed to clean, polish or add shine to metal
- metamorphism — Geology. a change in the structure or constitution of a rock due to natural agencies, as pressure and heat, especially when the rock becomes harder and more completely crystalline.
- metamorphist — a member of a group of 16th century Christians who believed that the humanly body of Jesus Christ metamorphosed into God during the Ascension
- metaphrasing — Present participle of metaphrase.
- metaphrastic — a person who translates or changes a literary work from one form to another, as prose into verse.
- metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
- metatherians — Plural form of metatherian.
- metathesized — Simple past tense and past participle of metathesize.
- misanthropes — Plural form of misanthrope.