11-letter words containing t, h, e, m
- heat cramps — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- heavy metal — big iron
- hectometers — Plural form of hectometer.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.
- heliometric — Of or relating to the heliometer, or to heliometry.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- helminthoid — shaped like a helminth; vermiform; wormlike.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- helmut kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- hematemesis — The vomiting of blood.
- hemathermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
- hematoblast — an immature blood cell, especially a red blood cell.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemeprotein — (protein) Any conjugated protein containing heme as the prosthetic group.
- hemerythrin — a type of protein responsible for oxygen transportation in some marine invertebrates
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemianoptic — suffering from hemiopia, blind in half the field of vision
- hemielytron — hemelytron.
- hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
- hemipterans — Plural form of hemipteran.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- hemisecting — Present participle of hemisect.
- hemisection — to cut into two equal parts; to bisect, especially along a medial longitudinal plane.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- hemiterpene — (originally) any of a class of monocyclic hydrocarbons of the formula C 10 H 16 , obtained from plants.
- hemopoietic — hematopoiesis.
- hemoprotein — Alternative spelling of hemeprotein.
- hemostatics — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- hemotrophic — the material from the maternal bloodstream and placenta that nourishes a mammalian embryo.
- hemp nettle — a coarse weed of the genus Galeopsis, of the mint family, resembling hemp in appearance and having bristly hairs like the nettle.
- hemstitched — Simple past tense and past participle of hemstitch.
- hemstitches — Plural form of hemstitch.
- hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptameters — Plural form of heptameter.
- herald moth — a noctuid moth, Scoliopteryx libatrix, having brownish cryptically mottled forewings and plain dull hind wings. The adult hibernates and has a prolonged life
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermeticism — the body of ideas set forth in Hermetic writings.
- hermeticity — The condition of being hermetic (airtight).
- hermit crab — any of numerous crabs, especially of the genera Pagurus and Eupagurus, that protect their soft uncovered abdomen by occupying the castoff shell of a univalve mollusk.
- hetaerismic — of or relating to courtesans
- hetairismic — relating to hetairism, concubinage
- heteroatoms — Plural form of heteroatom.