14-letter words containing m, s, e, r
- german speaker — a person who speaks German
- go to extremes — do sth drastic
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
- grease remover — a substance that removes grease
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hammer crusher — A hammer crusher is a crusher in which a hammer hits the material that is being crushed.
- hammerstein ii — Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- hardshell clam — quahog.
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
- headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- henry bessemer — Sir Henry, 1813–98, English engineer: inventor of the Bessemer process.
- hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- hero's welcome — a very enthusiastic reception from a group of people who show their admiration for something good that you have done
- herpes simplex — either of two herpes diseases caused by a herpesvirus that infects humans and some other animals and produces small, transient blisters on the skin or mucous membranes, one type of virus (herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1) usually associated with oral herpes but also causing genital herpes and the other (herpes simplex virus type 2, or HSV-2) usually causing genital herpes.
- heterochromous — of different colors.
- heterochronism — a change in the stage at which developmental processes take place relative to members of the same species
- heteromorphism — The quality or condition of existing in various forms.
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- histochemistry — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home ownership — the situation of owning one's house or flat, or of having a mortgage on it
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- homeomorphisms — Plural form of homeomorphism.
- homeric simile — a simile developed over several lines of verse, especially one used in an epic poem.
- honey mushroom — the edible mushroom of the oak-root fungus, Armillariella mellea.
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horse mushroom — a smooth, edible, large white-capped mushroom, Agaricus arvensis, that has the odor of anise, common in North American meadows and fields.
- horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humourlessness — Alternative spelling of humorlessness.
- humoursomeness — the quality of being humoursome
- humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).