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15-letter words containing s, h, e, r, m

  • housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
  • hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
  • human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
  • human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
  • hyperadrenalism — a glandular disorder caused by the overactivity of the adrenal glands and often resulting in obesity
  • hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
  • hyperinsulinism — excessive insulin in the blood, resulting in hypoglycemia.
  • hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
  • hyperovarianism — precocious sexuality in girls due to abnormally heavy ovarian secretion.
  • hyperparasitism — an organism that is parasitic on or in another parasite.
  • hyperpotassemia — hyperkalemia.
  • hypersomnolence — sleepy; drowsy.
  • hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
  • immunochemistry — the study of the chemistry of immunologic substances and reactions.
  • imperial bushel — a unit of dry measure containing 4 pecks, equivalent in the U.S. (and formerly in England) to 2150.42 cubic inches or 35.24 liters (Winchester bushel) and in Great Britain to 2219.36 cubic inches or 36.38 liters (Imperial bushel) Abbreviation: bu., bush.
  • imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
  • in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
  • incomprehension — lack of comprehension or understanding: The audience listened politely but with incomprehension.
  • incomprehensive — not comprehensive.
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
  • laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
  • life membership — the fact or condition of being a life member
  • lzh compression — (algorithm)   (After Lempel-Ziv and Haruyasu, the inventors) A compression algorithm derived from the LZSS scheme with a sliding window and additional compression applied to the output of the LZSS compressor by dynamic Huffman coding.
  • macaroni cheese — Macaroni cheese is a dish made from macaroni and cheese sauce.
  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • mad as a hatter — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
  • make a horlicks — to make a mistake or a mess
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • manx shearwater — a European oceanic bird, Puffinus puffinus, with long slender wings and black-and-white plumage: family Procellariidae (shearwaters)
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • market research — investigation into consumers' needs
  • market-research — to conduct market research on.
  • marsh andromeda — a low-growing pink-flowered ericaceous evergreen shrub, Andromeda polifolia, that grows in peaty bogs of northern regions
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • master mechanic — a mechanic, especially one who is thoroughly skilled, in charge of other mechanics.
  • meadow mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
  • mechanomorphism — the doctrine that the universe is fully explicable in mechanistic terms.
  • medical history — the past background of a person in terms of health
  • membership pack — a collection of documents, information leaflets, cards, etc, that is given to members, especially new ones
  • merchant seaman — a seaman who works on a merchant vessel.
  • merry christmas — well-wishes for Christmas season
  • metamorphosised — Simple past tense and past participle of metamorphosise.
  • metamorphosizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metamorphosize.
  • metatarsal arch — the short lateral arch of the foot formed by the heads of the metatarsal bones.
  • michaelmas term — the autumn term at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
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