13-letter words containing m, i, s, h, p
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- hematopoiesis — the formation of blood.
- hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet
- homeomorphism — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- homomorphosis — the regrowth by a plant or animal of an organ, tissue or another part that has been lost or destroyed
- hopkinsianism — a modified Calvinism taught by Samuel Hopkins (1721–1803), that emphasized the sovereignty of God, the importance of His decrees, and the necessity of submitting to His will, accepting even damnation, if required, for His glory, and holding that ethics is merely disinterested benevolence.
- hyper-realism — interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
- hypersplenism — an abnormal condition characterized by an enlarged spleen that prematurely destroys red blood cells or platelets.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hystricomorph — any rodent of the suborder Hystricomorpha, which includes porcupines, cavies, agoutis, and chinchillas
- ibrahim pasha — 1789–1848, Egyptian general: governor of Syria 1833–40 (son of Mehemet Ali).
- impoverishing — Present participle of impoverish.
- isodimorphism — isomorphism between the forms of two dimorphous substances.
- lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphatolysis — destruction of lymphatic vessels or of lymphoid tissue.
- lymphoblastic — (US, cytology, immunology) Of or pertaining to a lymphoblast.
- lymphocytosis — an abnormal increase in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- lymphomatosis — lymphoma spread throughout the body.
- lymphopoiesis — the formation of lymphocytes.
- maiden speech — the first speech made in a legislature by a newly elected member.
- mantis shrimp — any stomatopod crustacean having a pair of appendages modified for grasping prey and resembling those of a mantis.
- maple heights — a city in NE Ohio.
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matthew paris — Matthew, Matthew of Paris.
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- merchant ship — law: commercial vessel
- mesaticephaly — the state or condition of being mesaticephalic or mesocephalic
- mesencephalic — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metaphysician — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicist — a person who creates or develops metaphysical theories.
- metaphysicize — to think, write, etc, metaphysically
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- micrographics — the technique of photographing written or printed pages in reduced form to produce microfilm or microfiche.
- microphyllous — having microphylls
- mis-shipments — an act or instance of shipping freight or cargo.
- misanthropist — a hater of humankind.
- misapprehends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misapprehend.
- miscomprehend — Misunderstand.
- misshapenness — Quality of being misshapen.