11-letter words containing s, c, r, i, m, h
- hemispheric — of or relating to a hemisphere.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroecism — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- historicism — a theory that history is determined by immutable laws and not by human agency.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- 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.
- hypsometric — Of or relating to the use of the hypsometer; hypsographic.
- in chambers — in the privacy of a judge's chambers
- 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.
- machinators — Plural form of machinator.
- machineries — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- marchioness — marquise (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- mechitarist — a member of an order of Armenian monks founded in Constantinople in the 18th century and following the rule of St. Benedict.
- merchandise — the manufactured goods bought and sold in any business.
- 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.
- mesospheric — Of or pertaining to the mesosphere.
- mesotrophic — (of freshwater lakes) containing medium levels of nutrients
- metachrosis — the ability of some animals, such as chameleons, to change their colour
- metternichs — Prince Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar von [kley-mens ven-tsuh l ney-paw-moo k loh-tahr fuh n,, loh-tahr] /ˈkleɪ mɛns ˈvɛn tsəl ˈneɪ pɔ mʊk ˈloʊ tɑr fən,, loʊˈtɑr/ (Show IPA), 1773–1859, Austrian statesman and diplomat.
- micrographs — Plural form of micrograph.
- microinches — Plural form of microinch.
- microlights — Plural form of microlight.
- microphages — Plural form of microphage.
- microphones — Plural form of microphone.
- microphylls — Plural form of microphyll.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.
- microsphere — a very small medical particle, containing a diagnostic or therapeutic agent, that is injected into the blood
- microswitch — a highly sensitive switch used in automatic-control devices.
- mischarging — Present participle of mischarge.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monarchists — Plural form of monarchist.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- petrarchism — the poetic style introduced by Petrarch and characteristic of his work, marked by complex grammatical structure, elaborate conceits, and conventionalized diction.
- pleochroism — the property of certain crystals of exhibiting different colors when viewed from different directions under transmitted light. Compare dichroism (def 1), trichroism.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- prochronism — a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- schmierkase — cottage cheese.