13-letter words containing r, e, s, t, m
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- heart massage — rhythmic manual compression of the sternum or heart to restore normal heartbeat, as after cardiac arrest.
- heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermit thrush — a North American thrush, Hylocichla guttata, noted for its complex and appealing song.
- hetero-sexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterogametes — Plural form of heterogamete.
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
- hunter's moon — the first full moon following the harvest moon in late September or early October.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hysterotomies — Plural form of hysterotomy.
- image formats — (graphics, file format) There are many formats used to store images in files. GIF, TIFF and JPEG are very common. Others are BIFF, bmp, Clear, FITS, IFF, NFF, OFF, PCX, PNG, TGA, XBM. Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
- immaterialise — Alt form immaterialize.
- immaterialism — the doctrine that there is no material world, but that all things exist only in and for minds.
- immaterialist — A supporter of the philosophy of immaterialism.
- immunosorbent — an insoluble surface to which a specific antibody is attached for the purpose of removing the corresponding antigen from a solution or suspension.
- impartialness — The quality of being impartial.
- imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
- imperfectives — Plural form of imperfective.
- imperfectness — of, relating to, or characterized by defects or weaknesses: imperfect vision.
- imperialistic — the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.
- imperseverant — lacking the power to perceive
- impersonality — absence of human character or of the traits associated with the human character: He feared the impersonality of a mechanized world.
- impersonating — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonation — to assume the character or appearance of; pretend to be: He was arrested for impersonating a police officer.
- impersonators — Plural form of impersonator.
- impertinences — Plural form of impertinence.
- importunities — Plural form of importunity.