13-letter words containing s, h, m, e
- hemiparasitic — Semiparasitic.
- hemispherical — having the form of a hemisphere.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hepatectomies — Plural form of hepatectomy.
- hereditaments — Plural form of hereditament.
- hermaphrodism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermit thrush — a North American thrush, Hylocichla guttata, noted for its complex and appealing song.
- hermosa beach — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- hetero-sexism — a prejudiced attitude or discriminatory practices against homosexuals by heterosexuals.
- heterogametes — Plural form of heterogamete.
- heterostylism — the condition of being heterostyled
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- histaminergic — releasing histamine
- histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- home assembly — assembly at home of something supplied in pieces
- home comforts — things in a house that make it comfortable
- home counties — The Home Counties are the counties which surround London.
- home invasion — an act or instance of entering an occupied residence with the intent to commit a burglary or other crime.
- home row keys — home keys
- home shopping — buying items via tv or internet
- home straight — the section of a racecourse forming the approach to the finish
- home-schooler — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homeomorphism — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeomorphous — similarity in crystalline form but not necessarily in chemical composition.
- homeothermous — remaining at an almost constant temperature
- homeownership — a person who owns a home.
- homeschoolers — Plural form of homeschooler.
- homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
- homestead act — a special act of Congress (1862) that made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, usually in lots of 160 acres, to be used as farms.
- homestead law — any law exempting homesteads from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoeroticism — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homogeneities — Plural form of homogeneity.
- homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homoscedastic — having the same variance.
- homosexualism — A sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) individuals of the same sex.
- homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- horse's mouth — horse (def 36).
- host computer — the main computer in a network: controls or performs certain functions for other computers.
- hothouse lamb — a lamb born in the fall or early winter, usually reared indoors, specially fed, and marketed when from 9 to 16 weeks of age.
- house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housemistress — A female teacher in charge of a dormitory at a boarding school.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- humorlessness — The state, quality, or condition of lacking humor.
- hunter's moon — the first full moon following the harvest moon in late September or early October.
- hybrid system — a way of working, organizing, or doing something that is composed of elements of two separate systems
- hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
- hymenopterans — Plural form of hymenopteran.