10-letter words containing s, m
- homogenise — to form by blending unlike elements; make homogeneous.
- homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- homogonous — pertaining to monoclinous flowers that do not differ in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to heterogonous).
- homografts — Plural form of homograft.
- homographs — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homoiousia — The doctrine of the homoiousians.
- homologies — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
- homologise — Alt form homologize.
- homologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- homologues — Plural form of homologue.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homoousian — a member of a 4th-century a.d. church party that maintained that the essence or substance of the Father and the Son is the same (opposed to Heteroousian).
- homophiles — Plural form of homophile.
- homophobes — Plural form of homophobe.
- homophones — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air.
- homosexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homosphere — The lower part of the atmosphere, up to about sixty miles, in which there is no great change in its composition.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honeymoons — Plural form of honeymoon.
- hoodlumish — like a hoodlum
- hoodlumism — Behavior characteristic of a hoodlum.
- horse balm — a lemon-scented plant, Collinsonia canadensis, of eastern North America, having small yellow flowers.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horsewoman — a woman who rides on horseback.
- horsewomen — Plural form of horsewoman.
- house mark — a trademark that appears on and identifies all of a company's products.
- house moss — dust ball or dust balls.
- house moth — either of two species of micro moth, esp the brown house moth (Hofmannophila pseudospretella) which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
- housemaids — Plural form of housemaid.
- housemaker — Homemaker.
- housemates — Plural form of housemate.
- howsomever — in whatever manner, although
- humaneness — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanising — Present participle of humanise.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humanities — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- humberside — a county in NE England. 1356 sq. mi. (3525 sq. km).
- humbleness — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humidify.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humidities — Plural form of humidity.