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17-letter words containing m, o, h, i

  • modulo arithmetic — modular arithmetic
  • mongolian hot pot — a stewlike dish of sliced meat, seafood, and vegetables cooked together in hot broth, often in a clay pot, and seasoned with a hot sauce.
  • monochromatically — of or having one color.
  • monolith catalyst — A monolith catalyst is a type of catalyst whose surface is flat.
  • mont-saint-michel — a rocky islet near the coast of NW France, in an inlet of the Gulf of St. Malo: famous abbey and fortress.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • montessori method — a system for teaching young children, in which the fundamental aim is self-motivated education by the children themselves, as they are encouraged to move freely through individualized instruction and physical exercises, accompanied by special emphasis on the training of the senses and the early development of reading and writing skills.
  • morphic resonance — the idea that, through a telepathic effect or sympathetic vibration, an event or act can lead to similar events or acts in the future or an idea conceived in one mind can then arise in another
  • mother of vinegar — mother2 .
  • mount fairweather — a mountain in W North America, on the border between Alaska and British Columbia. Height: 4663 m (15 300 ft)
  • mountain mahogany — any of a genus (Cercocarpus) of W North American shrubs or small trees of the rose family, with lobed leaves and single dry fruits
  • mountain viscacha — the mountain chinchilla
  • muscle dysmorphia — a mental disorder primarily affecting males, characterized by obsessions about a perceived lack of muscularity, leading to compulsive exercising, use of anabolic steroids, etc. Compare body dysmorphic disorder.
  • mystical theology — the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.
  • nakhon ratchasima — a city in central Thailand.
  • natural harmonics — harmonics of a note produced on a stringed instrument by lightly touching an open or unstopped sounded string.
  • natural logarithm — a logarithm having e as a base. Symbol: ln.
  • neo-malthusianism — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • neo-scholasticism — a contemporary application of Scholasticism to modern problems and life.
  • nephelometrically — By means of nephelometry.
  • ninth commandment — “Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor”: ninth of the Ten Commandments.
  • non-comprehension — the act or process of comprehending.
  • non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
  • nonaccomplishment — Something that does not achieve the intended goal.
  • nonstoichiometric — (of a solid compound) having a composition in which the ratio of the atoms present is not a simple integer
  • north miami beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • northern michigan — the peninsula between lakes Superior and Michigan constituting the N part of Michigan. Abbreviation: U.P.
  • not think much of — be unimpressed by
  • nothing more than — merely, solely
  • number eight iron — a club with an iron head the face of which has more slope than a pitcher but less slope than a niblick.
  • omphalomesenteric — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the umbilicus and mesentery.
  • organic chemistry — the branch of chemistry, originally limited to substances found only in living organisms, dealing with the compounds of carbon.
  • orthogonal matrix — a matrix that is the inverse of its transpose so that any two rows or any two columns are orthogonal vectors
  • paleobiochemistry — the study of biochemical processes that occurred in fossil life forms.
  • parathyroidectomy — the excision of a parathyroid gland.
  • pashmina politics — the adoption of political policies immediately after they have gone out of fashion
  • phantom limb pain — a phenomenon characterized by the experience of pain, discomfort, or other sensation in the area of a missing limb or other body part, as a breast.
  • pharmacologically — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
  • phenylformic acid — benzoic acid.
  • photo-composition — any method of composition using photography, as composition by means of a photocomposer.
  • photoluminescence — luminescence induced by the absorption of infrared radiation, visible light, or ultraviolet radiation.
  • phumiphon aduldet — (Phumiphon Aduldet; Bhumibol Adulyadej) born 1927, king of Thailand since 1946.
  • plains of abraham — a high plain adjoining the city of Quebec, Canada: battlefield where the English under Wolfe defeated the French under Montcalm in 1759.
  • pseudo-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • psychometric test — a test designed to test a person's mental state, personality and thought processes
  • radiometeorograph — a device for the automatic transmission by radio of the data from a set of meteorological instruments
  • rheumatoid factor — an antibody that is found in the blood of many persons afflicted with rheumatoid arthritis and that reacts against globulins in the blood.
  • rhodope mountains — a mountain range in SE Europe, in the Balkan Peninsula extending along the border between Bulgaria and Greece. Highest peak: Golyam Perelik (Bulgaria), 2191 m (7188 ft)
  • ribbon microphone — a microphone that utilizes a metal ribbon suspended in a magnetic field.
  • roman catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church.
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