12-letter words containing o, r, e, m
- 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.
- hemispheroid — half of a spheroid.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.
- 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)
- 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.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterochrome — heterochromatic.
- heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- heteromorphy — (biology) The state or quality of being heteromorphic; heteromorphism.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- heterosexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterotherms — Plural form of heterotherm.
- heterothermy — The possession of characteristics of both poikilothermy and homeothermy.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- hindforemost — with the back part in the front place
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- hobby farmer — a person who runs a farm as a hobby rather than a means of making a living
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home address — the address of one's house or flat
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- home stretch — final stages: of race or journey
- home teacher — private tutor
- home theater — big-screen TV setup
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homeomorphic — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homeothermic — (biology, of an, animal) Capable of maintaining a relatively constant body temperature independent of the surrounding environment.
- homeschooler — One who homeschools a student (typically the parent).
- homescreetch — a mistle thrush
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- homoiotherms — Plural form of homoiotherm.
- homoiothermy — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
- homothermous — (biology) warm-blooded.
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- hop hornbeam — any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, especially O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters.
- hopper frame — a window frame having one or more upper sashes hinged at the bottoms and opening inward.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.