10-letter words containing s, h, e, c, m
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- freshmanic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a freshman: freshmanic enthusiasm.
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- geochemist — (chemistry, geology) A chemist or geologist who specializes in geochemistry.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hamshackle — to hobble (a cow, horse, etc) by tying a rope around the head and one of the legs
- hatchments — Plural form of hatchment.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hemicycles — Plural form of hemicycle.
- hemisected — Simple past tense and past participle of hemisect.
- hemistichs — Plural form of hemistich.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homeschool — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- horse clam — gaper.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- luftmensch — a person unconcerned with the practicalities of earning a living
- mach scale — a scale that measures how much deceit and manipulation one will approve or condone in order to achieve some end.
- machinates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of machinate.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- malachites — Plural form of malachite.
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- manichaeus — Mani
- manicheism — Also, Manichee [man-i-kee] /ˈmæn ɪˌki/ (Show IPA). an adherent of the dualistic religious system of Manes, a combination of Gnostic Christianity, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, and various other elements, with a basic doctrine of a conflict between light and dark, matter being regarded as dark and evil.
- marchese's — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- mechanised — to make mechanical.
- mechanisms — an assembly of moving parts performing a complete functional motion, often being part of a large machine; linkage.
- mechanists — Plural form of mechanist.
- mechanizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mechanize.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- melchiades — Saint, died a.d. 314, pope 310–314.
- mesenchyme — cells of mesodermal origin that are capable of developing into connective tissues, blood, and lymphatic and blood vessels.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration