11-letter words containing s, e, m, i, r
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geoisotherm — isogeotherm.
- glimmerings — Plural form of glimmering.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gummiferous — producing gum
- hammersmith — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hammerstein — Oscar, 1847?–1919, U.S. theatrical manager, born in Germany.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- harmonizers — Plural form of harmonizer.
- harvesttime — the time of year when a crop or crops are harvested, especially autumn.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- hemihedrism — (crystallography) hemihedral crystallization.
- hemiparesis — partial paralysis affecting only one side of the body.
- 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.
- hemispheres — Plural form of hemisphere.
- hemispheric — of or relating to a hemisphere.
- hemorrhoids — Usually, hemorrhoids. Pathology. an abnormally enlarged vein mainly due to a persistent increase in venous pressure, occurring inside the anal sphincter of the rectum and beneath the mucous membrane (internal hemorrhoid) or outside the anal sphincter and beneath the surface of the anal skin (external hemorrhoid)
- hemosiderin — a yellowish-brown protein containing iron, derived chiefly from hemoglobin and found in body tissue and phagocytes, especially as the result of disorders in iron metabolism and the breakdown of red blood cells.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- 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.
- hexametrist — a person who writes in hexameters
- hibernicism — an idiom or characteristic peculiar to Irish English or to the Irish.
- hierarchism — hierarchical principles, rule, or influence.
- high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hippodromes — Plural form of hippodrome.
- hipsterisms — a usually young person who is trendy, stylish, or progressive in an unconventional way; someone who is hip.
- homeshoring — A migration of service employees from the office to the home, where such homes have proper communications equipment.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- humidifiers — Plural form of humidifier.
- hyperbolism — the use of hyperbole.
- hyperemesis — vomitus.
- hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypermnesic — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hypodermics — Plural form of hypodermic.