14-letter words containing r, h, e, m, a
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- graham cracker — a semisweet cracker, usually rectangular in shape, made chiefly of whole-wheat flour.
- grammarchecker — (computing) A software application, like a spellchecker, that attempts to verify proper grammar in a document.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- haarlemmermeer — a city in W Netherlands.
- haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
- half-smothered — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hammer away at — persist
- hammer crusher — A hammer crusher is a crusher in which a hammer hits the material that is being crushed.
- hammer thrower — a contestant in a hammer throw
- hammerstein ii — Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- harbour master — an official in charge of a harbour
- hardshell clam — quahog.
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- headmastership — The role or position of headmaster.
- headmistresses — Plural form of headmistress.
- health problem — ailment or disorder
- health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- hebrew-aramaic — a mixture of Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic
- heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
- hemerocallises — Plural form of hemerocallis.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- hephthemimeral — of or relating to a hephthemimer
- heracliteanism — the philosophy of Heraclitus, maintaining the perpetual change of all things, the only abiding thing being the logos, or orderly principle, according to which the change takes place.
- hermann muller — Hermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditic — an individual in which reproductive organs of both sexes are present. Compare pseudohermaphrodite.
- hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
- hermit warbler — a common wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis) of W North America, with a yellow-and-black head, a gray back, and white underparts
- hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
- heteroaromatic — a heterocyclic aromatic compound.
- heteroromantic — Romantically attracted to those of the opposite gender.
- heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
- homeward bound — going home
- homework diary — a record of homework that has been set
- hors de combat — disabled or injured
- horse mackerel — bluefin tuna.
- horsehair worm — any long, slender worm of the phylum Nematomorpha, developing parasitically on insects and crustaceans, and free-living as adults in streams and ponds.
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.