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12-letter words containing m, s, h

  • astonishment — Astonishment is a feeling of great surprise.
  • astrochemist — (chemistry, astronomy) A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
  • asynchronism — a lack of synchronism; occurrence at different times
  • at half-mast — If a flag is flying at half-mast, it is flying from the middle of the pole, not the top, to show respect and sorrow for someone who has just died.
  • atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
  • athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
  • atmospherics — Atmospherics are elements in something such as a piece of music or a book which create a certain atmosphere.
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • atom smasher — accelerator (sense 3)
  • automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
  • axiom schema — (logic)   A formula in the language of an axiomatic system, containing one or more. These metasyntactic variables (or "schematic variables") that stand for terms or subformulae. An example is the Axiom of Comprehension.
  • b chromosome — a type of densely staining chromosome of uncertain biological function, found in many plant and animal species.
  • bahama grass — Bermuda grass.
  • beachcombers — Plural form of beachcomber.
  • beaumarchais — Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr oɡystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732–99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
  • behaviourism — Behaviourism is the belief held by some psychologists that the only valid method of studying the psychology of people or animals is to observe how they behave.
  • beth midrash — a place where Jews gather to study the Talmud and other religious writings; a small synagogue.
  • beth shammai — the school of Jewish legal thought and hermeneutics founded in Jerusalem in the 1st century b.c. by the Jewish teacher Shammai and characterized by an austere or rigid interpretation of Jewish law and tradition.
  • biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
  • biomechanics — the study of the mechanics of the movement of living organisms
  • biorhythmics — the study of biorhythms
  • bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
  • bismuthinite — a grey mineral consisting of bismuth sulphide in orthorhombic crystalline form. It occurs in veins associated with tin, copper, silver, lead, etc, and is a source of bismuth. Formula: Bi2S3
  • blandishment — the act of blandishing; cajolery
  • blimpishness — actions or behaviour akin to those of the fictional character of Colonel Blimp, or the quality of resembling this character
  • blue helmets — armed troops under the sponsorship of the United Nations, used for peacekeeping
  • boatsmanship — seamanship as applied to boats, especially rowboats and motorboats.
  • boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
  • bolshevikism — the doctrines, methods, or procedure of the Bolsheviks.
  • bomb shelter — a shelter, usually underground, in which people take refuge from bomb attacks
  • bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
  • bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
  • book matches — safety matches made of paper and fastened into a small cardboard folder
  • bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
  • brahma samaj — a modern Hindu movement advocating a monotheistic religion based on the Upanishads, and social and educational reforms according to Western principles.
  • brine shrimp — any of a genus (Artemia) of small fairy shrimp found in salt lakes and marshes and used as living, frozen, or dried food in aquariums
  • brinkmanship — Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success.
  • bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
  • british warm — an army officer's short thick overcoat
  • bromhidrosis — the secretion of foul-smelling sweat.
  • bronchospasm — an abnormal contraction of the bronchi resulting in restriction of the airway
  • camel's hair — the hair of the camel
  • camel's-hair — made of camel's hair.
  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
  • cash machine — ATM1
  • cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
  • chain smoker — person: smokes heavily
  • chain-smoker — A chain-smoker is a person who chain-smokes.
  • chairmanship — The chairmanship of a committee or organization is the fact of being its chairperson. Someone's chairmanship can also mean the period during which they are chairperson.
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