11-letter words containing n, a, m, h, o
- ion chamber — an apparatus for detecting and analyzing ionizing radiation, consisting of a vessel filled with a gas at normal or lower than normal pressure and fitted with two electrodes such that the current between the electrodes is a function of the amount of ionization of the gas.
- john thomas — an apostle who demanded proof of Christ's Resurrection. John 20:24–29.
- jure humano — by human law.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lemon shark — a common shallow-water shark, Negaprion brevirostris, having a yellowish body and inhabiting inshore regions of the Atlantic from North Carolina to Brazil.
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- lymphopenia — a reduction in the number of lymphocytes in the blood.
- machination — an act or instance of machinating.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- maidenhoods — Plural form of maidenhood.
- maniaphobia — Fear of being insane.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- maple honey — maple syrup.
- marathonian — a native or inhabitant of Marathon.
- marathoning — the sport of running marathons
- march brown — an angler's name for the dun and spinner of various mayflies or an artificial fly imitating one of these
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- mashie iron — a club with an iron head, the face having more slope than a mid-mashie but less slope than a mashie.
- match point — (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) the point that if won would enable the scorer or the scorer's side to win the match.
- mechatronic — relating to mechatronics
- megaphoning — Present participle of megaphone.
- megaphonist — Someone who uses a megaphone.
- melancholia — a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings.
- melancholic — disposed to or affected with melancholy; gloomy.
- melanchthon — Philipp [fil-ip;; German fee-lip] /ˈfɪl ɪp;; German ˈfi lɪp/ (Show IPA), (Philipp Schwarzert) 1497–1560, German Protestant reformer.
- melanochroi — a postulated subdivision of the Caucasoid race, characterized by dark hair and pale complexion
- melanophore — a pigmented connective-tissue cell containing melanin in its cytoplasm, responsible for color changes in many fishes and reptiles.
- menaphthone — Menadione.
- menorrhagia — excessive menstrual discharge.
- mental home — a home, hospital, or institution for people who are mentally ill
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mentholated — saturated with or containing menthol: a mentholated cough drop.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metachronal — Describing the wavelike beating of a group of cilia.
- metanephroi — Plural form of metanephros.
- metanephros — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of higher vertebrates, becoming the permanent and functional kidney.
- methanation — the process of converting a mixture, as of hydrogen and carbon monoxide, into methane.
- methanogens — Plural form of methanogen.
- methanolate — Methoxide.
- methoxsalen — a potent compound, C 1 2 H 8 O 4 , derived from the seeds of the plant Ammi majus: used in combination with certain ultraviolet radiation for the treatment of severe psoriasis.
- methylation — the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.
- misanthrope — a comedy (1666) by Molière.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- mochaccinos — Plural form of mochaccino.
- moholy-nagy — László [las-loh;; Hungarian lahs-loh] /ˈlæs loʊ;; Hungarian ˈlɑs loʊ/ (Show IPA), or Ladislaus [lah-dis-lous] /ˈlɑ dɪsˌlaʊs/ (Show IPA), 1895–1946, Hungarian painter, designer, and photographer, in the U.S. after 1936.
- monarchical — of, like, or pertaining to a monarch or monarchy.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- monochasial — Relating to the monochasium.