12-letter words containing t, e, a, m
- harvest time — season when crops are gathered
- have it made — simple past tense and past participle of make1 .
- headforemost — headfirst (def 1).
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headmistress — a woman in charge of a private school.
- health stamp — a postage stamp with a surcharge that is used to support a health camp
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heath family — the plant family Ericaceae, characterized by evergreen or deciduous shrubs, trees, and woody plants growing in acid soil and having simple leaves, often showy flowers either solitary or in clusters, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the azalea, blueberry, cranberry, heather, madrone, mountain laurel, rhododendron, and trailing arbutus.
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- hemangiomata — See under angioma.
- hemarthrosis — (pathology) bleeding in the joints.
- hematoblasts — Plural form of hematoblast.
- hematochezia — the passage of bloody stools.
- hematocolpos — (medicine) A medical condition in which the vagina fills with menstrual blood, often caused by the combination of menstruation with an imperforate hymen.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hematologist — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hematophobia — Fear of bleeding or the sight of blood.
- hemichordate — belonging or pertaining to the chordates of the phylum Hemichordata, comprising small, widely distributed, marine animals, as the acorn worms.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemimetaboly — Hemimetabolism.
- hemiparasite — A plant that obtains or may obtain part of its food by parasitism, e.g., mistletoe, which also photosynthesizes.
- hemiplankton — plankton that spend part of their life cycle in a vegetative state on the sea bottom, riverbed, etc. (opposed to holoplankton).
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- hereditament — any inheritable estate or interest in property.
- hermetically — so as to be airtight: hermetically sealed.
- heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- hit the mark — to achieve one's aim; be successful in one's attempt
- hojatoleslam — a title of respect given to an ayatollah or a middle-ranking Shiite cleric, which means literally 'proof of Islam'
- home staging — the professional service of preparing homes for sale in such a way as to appeal to potential buyers and generate higher selling prices: Realtors who encourage sellers to invest in home staging are reporting substantial monetary returns—for both themselves and their clients.
- home teacher — private tutor
- home theater — big-screen TV setup
- homeopathist — a person who practices or favors homeopathy.
- homeotherapy — therapy for a disease by means of an agent that is similar to but not identical with the causative agent of the disease.
- homeothermal — homoiothermal.
- homesteaders — Plural form of homesteader.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.
- homoeopathic — Alternative spelling of homeopathic.
- homoeostasis — Alternative spelling of homeostasis.
- homolecithal — having a fairly uniform distribution of yolk, as certain eggs or ova having relatively little yolk.
- horometrical — Relating to horometry.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).