11-letter words containing r, m, e, t
- headmasters — Plural form of headmaster.
- headstreams — Plural form of headstream.
- health farm — A health farm is a hotel where people go to get fitter or lose weight by exercising and eating special food.
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hemathermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemerythrin — a type of protein responsible for oxygen transportation in some marine invertebrates
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptameters — Plural form of heptameter.
- herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroatoms — Plural form of heteroatom.
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- heteromorph — (zoology) An ammonite whose shell is unusual in not being a regular spiral.
- heterophemy — The use of one word or phrase when another is meant.
- heteroplasm — (pathology) Tissue growing in a part of the body where it does not normally occur.
- heterotherm — Any heterothermic organism.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hexametrize — to write or put into hexameters
- hieronymite — a member of a congregation of hermits named after St. Jerome.
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hipsterisms — a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- holy mother — honorific title of the Virgin Mary, often applied by analogy to the Roman Catholic Church.
- home center — a large store that specializes in a wide range of materials and supplies for home improvements or repairs.
- home waters — territorial waters
- homeotherms — Plural form of homeotherm.
- homeothermy — The state or condition of being homeothermic.
- homeporting — Present participle of homeport.
- homesteader — the owner or holder of a homestead.
- homestretch — the straight part of a racetrack from the last turn to the finish line. Compare backstretch.
- homocentric — having a common center; concentric.