12-letter words containing r, m, e, t, h
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- extremophile — A microorganism, especially an archaean, that lives in conditions of extreme temperature, acidity, alkalinity, or chemical concentration.
- father image — a person substituted in one's mind for one's father and often the object of emotions felt toward the father
- feather palm — any palm having large pinnate or bipinnate leaves, as the date palm or royal palm.
- flamethrower — a weapon, either mounted or portable, that sprays ignited incendiary fuel for some distance.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- garnishments — Plural form of garnishment.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- haemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemoprotein.
- hammer throw — a field event in which the hammer is thrown for distance.
- harbormaster — A harbormaster is the official in charge of a harbor.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harmonometer — the equipment used for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds
- harvest home — the bringing home of the harvest.
- harvest mite — chigger (def 1).
- harvest moon — the moon at and about the period of fullness that is nearest to the autumnal equinox.
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heliotropism — heliotropic tendency or growth.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- helmet liner — a soft or padded lining for a helmet.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- 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.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hephthemimer — a verse with a group of seven metrical half feet
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- 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.