12-letter words containing o, h, m, i
- hegemonistic — the policy or practice of hegemony to serve national interests.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- hemerocallis — the genus comprising the day lilies.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemimorphism — The condition of being hemimorphic.
- hemimorphite — a hydrous zinc silicate mineral, Zn 4 (OH) 2 Si 2 O 7 ⋅H 2 O, occurring in clear, colorless orthorhombic crystals; calamine: an ore of zinc.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hemiscotosis — hemianopsia.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemophiliacs — Plural form of hemophiliac.
- hemophilioid — (of a disease) resembling hemophilia, but having a different genetic or acquired cause.
- hemopoiesis' — hematopoiesis.
- hemorrhaging — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hemorrhoidal — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hemotoxicity — Toxicity that affects the blood (especially that affects red blood cells).
- heroic drama — Restoration tragedy, especially that popular in England c1660–1700, using highly rhetorical language and written in heroic couplets.
- heroicomical — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hippopotamic — like, of, or relating to a hippopotamus
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
- histochemist — someone who specializes in histochemistry
- hobgoblinism — a belief in hobgoblins
- holiday camp — In Britain, a holiday camp is a place which provides holiday accommodation and entertainment for large numbers of people.
- holiday home — a home that people own in order to holiday in and that is in a different location to the home they usually live in
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- holmes light — a canister, attached to a life buoy or float, containing calcium carbonate and calcium phosphide, which ignite spontaneously on contact with the water, emitting conspicuous fire and smoke.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- home (in) on — to guide, or be guided as by radar, heat, etc., to (a destination or target)
- home banking — a system whereby a person at home or in an office can use a computer with a modem to call up information from a bank or to transfer funds electronically
- home cooking — home-made food