11-letter words containing s, c, h, m, i
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- homecomings — Plural form of homecoming.
- homeostatic — the tendency of a system, especially the physiological system of higher animals, to maintain internal stability, owing to the coordinated response of its parts to any situation or stimulus that would tend to disturb its normal condition or function.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- house music — an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypocorisms — Plural form of hypocorism.
- hypocrinism — an abnormal condition caused by insufficient secretion from a gland, especially an endocrine gland.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.
- hypoosmotic — Hypotonic.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- isochronism — an isochronal character or action.
- isorhythmic — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- machi chips — in Indian English, fish and chips
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- macintoshes — Plural form of macintosh.
- manchineels — Plural form of manchineel.
- manichaeism — the system of religious doctrines, including elements of Gnosticism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Buddhism, etc, taught by the Persian prophet Mani about the 3rd century ad. It was based on a supposed primordial conflict between light and darkness, or goodness and evil
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- masochistic — Psychiatry. having a condition in which sexual gratification depends on suffering, physical pain, and humiliation.
- matchsticks — Plural form of matchstick.
- mathematics — (used with a singular verb) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- mechanicals — (US) mechanical fixtures and fittings.
- mechanistic — of or relating to the theory of mechanism or to mechanists.
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- menoschesis — suppression of menstruation.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- mesognathic — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphic — pertaining to or having a muscular or sturdy body build characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic mesoderm (contrasted with ectomorphic, endomorphic).
- mesonephric — one of the three embryonic excretory organs of vertebrates, becoming the functional kidney of fishes and amphibians and becoming part of the tubules or ductules in the reproductive systems of higher vertebrates.
- mesophyllic — (botany) Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- meta-ethics — the philosophy of ethics dealing with the meaning of ethical terms, the nature of moral discourse, and the foundations of moral principles.
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics