11-letter words containing r, h, a, m
- phariseeism — the principles and practices of the Pharisees.
- phrasemaker — a person who is skilled in coining well-turned phrases; phraseologist.
- phraseogram — a written symbol or combination of symbols, as in shorthand, used to represent a phrase.
- pneumograph — a device for recording graphically the respiratory movements of the thorax.
- pole hammer — a shafted weapon having a spiked hammer head.
- preadmonish — to admonish or warn beforehand
- preemphasis — a process of increasing the amplitude of certain frequencies relative to others in a signal in order to help them override noise, complemented by deemphasis before final reproduction of the signal being received.
- prefreshman — before being a freshman
- preterhuman — beyond what is human: preterhuman experience.
- primateship — primacy (def 2).
- prognathism — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
- prothalamia — a song or poem written to celebrate a marriage.
- prothallium — Botany. the gametophyte of ferns and related plants.
- psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
- pulmobranch — a respiratory organ found in some invertebrates
- quechumaran — a proposed language stock comprising Quechua and Aymara
- quick march — a march in quick time.
- quick-march — a march in quick time.
- radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
- rajahmundry — a city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River.
- ramachandra — the hero of the Ramayana, and a character in the Mahabharata.
- ramakrishna — Sri [sree,, shree] /sri,, ʃri/ (Show IPA), 1836–86, Hindu religious reformer and mystic.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- ramos-horta — José, born 1949, East Timorese resistance leader, political activist (1975–99) during Indonesian occupation, and foreign minister from independence in 2000 to 2006; president since 2007: Nobel prize 1996.
- re-emphasis — special stress laid upon, or importance attached to, anything: The president's statement gave emphasis to the budgetary crisis.
- red chamber — the Canadian Senate chamber.
- reemphasize — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- remand home — a detention home for juvenile offenders aged 8–16 years.
- rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
- rhabdomyoma — a benign tumor made up of striated muscular tissue.
- rhagadiform — of or relating to rhagades
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rhyme royal — a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.
- rhythm band — a collection of simple percussion instruments used especially with piano accompaniment to teach musical rhythm.
- rockhampton — a city in E Queensland, in E Australia.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- roman shade — a window shade that, when raised, is drawn up into a series of concertina folds.
- room father — a male volunteer, often the father of a student, who assists an elementary-school teacher, as by working with students who need extra help.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- sandringham — a village in N Norfolk, England: site of Sandringham House, Royal Family mansion.
- sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.
- schoolmarms — a female schoolteacher, especially of the old-time country school type, popularly held to be strict and priggish.
- schwarmerei — excessive enthusiasm or sentimentality.
- search term — Computers. a word or other term used to electronically retrieve data, Web pages, or other information from files, databases, etc.: When you search the shopping website, ads relating to your search terms will appear along with your search results.