Words containing herm
4 letter words containing herm
- herm — a monument consisting of a four-sided shaft tapering inward from top to bottom and bearing a head or bust; those of Hermes usually had an erect penis, which passersby stroked for luck.
5 letter words containing herm
6 letter words containing herm
- hermae — Plural form of herm.
- herman — Woodrow ("Woody") 1913–1987, U.S. jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.
- hermes — the ancient Greek herald and messenger of the gods and the god of roads, commerce, invention, cunning, and theft. Compare Mercury (def 3).
- hermie — (informal) hermit crab.
- hermit — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
7 letter words containing herm
- -thermy — indicating heat
- bioherm — a mound of material laid down by sedentary marine organisms, esp a coral reef
- hermann — (Hermann) 17? b.c.–a.d. 21, Germanic hero who defeated Roman army a.d. 9.
- hermite — Charles [sharl] /ʃarl/ (Show IPA), 1822–1901, French mathematician.
- hermits — Plural form of hermit.
8 letter words containing herm
- athermal — (physics) Describing any process that does not involve either heat or a change in temperature.
- exotherm — (chemistry) Any exothermic compound.
- geotherm — a line or surface within or on the earth connecting points of equal temperature
- hermaean — denoting or relating to a herm
- hermetic — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
9 letter words containing herm
- biohermal — a carbonate rock formation, in the form of an ancient reef or hummock, consisting of the fossilized remains of corals, algae, mollusks, and other sedentary marine life, and commonly surrounded by rock of a different lithology.
- chermoula — a marinade used in N African cookery
- diathermy — local heating of the body tissues with an electric current for medical or surgical purposes
- ectotherm — a cold-blooded animal.
- endotherm — An animal that is dependent on or capable of the internal generation of heat; a warm-blooded animal.
10 letter words containing herm
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- dermatherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- dermotherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
11 letter words containing herm
- adiathermic — impervious to heat
- athermanous — capable of stopping radiant heat or infrared radiation
- ectothermal — coldblooded (sense 1)
- ectothermic — a cold-blooded animal.
- endothermal — Endothermic.
12 letter words containing herm
- anisothermal — (thermodynamics) Of or pertaining to a system that is not in thermal equilibrium, that does not have a single fixed temperature.
- decipherment — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- encipherment — The act or process of enciphering; encryption.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
13 letter words containing herm
- aluminothermy — a process for reducing metallic oxides using finely divided aluminium powder. The mixture of aluminium and the oxide is ignited, causing the aluminium to be oxidized and the metal oxide to be reduced to the metal
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- electrothermy — the use of electrically produced heat for therapeutic purposes
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- hematothermal — warm-blooded; homoiothermal.
14 letter words containing herm
- diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
- electrothermal — concerned with both electricity and heat, esp the production of electricity by heat
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- geothermometer — a thermometer for measuring temperatures below the surface of the earth
- hermaphrodites — Plural form of hermaphrodite.
15 letter words containing herm
- barothermograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure and temperature.
- bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
- electrothermics — the study of electricity and heat, or of electrically generated heat
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
16 letter words containing herm
- bathythermograph — a device for measuring the temperature of the ocean at any specific depth down to c. 1,800 m (c. 5,900 ft)
- hermaphroditical — Alternative form of hermaphroditic.
- hygrothermograph — an instrument for recording temperature and relative humidity.
- hyperthermophile — (biology) An organism that lives and thrives in an extremely hot environment, such as a deep sea smoker vent; often a member of the Archaea.
- stenothermophile — a stenothermophilic bacterium.
17 letter words containing herm
- aerothermodynamic — Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics.
- non-thermoplastic — soft and pliable when heated, as some plastics, without any change of the inherent properties.
- stenothermophilic — growing best within a narrow temperature range.
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- thermoelectricity — electricity generated by heat or temperature difference, as in a thermocouple.
18 letter words containing herm
- aerothermodynamics — the study of the exchange of heat between solids and gases, esp of the heating effect on aircraft flying through the air at very high speeds
- thermoelectrometer — an instrument for measuring a charge or voltage by means of the heat it produces in a resistance.
- thermogalvanometer — a thermoammeter for measuring small currents, consisting of a thermocouple connected to a direct-current galvanometer.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
19 letter words containing herm
- pseudohermaphrodite — an individual having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics resembling those of the other sex or being ambiguous in nature. Compare hermaphrodite (def 1).
- thermoelectromotive — designating or of the electromotive force produced by a thermocouple
20 letter words containing herm
- barothermohygrograph — an automatic instrument for recording pressure, temperature, and humidity.
21 letter words containing herm
- pseudohermaphroditism — an individual having internal reproductive organs of one sex and external sexual characteristics resembling those of the other sex or being ambiguous in nature. Compare hermaphrodite (def 1).
- thermophosphorescence — thermoluminescence.
24 letter words containing herm
- magnetothermoelectricity — thermoelectricity induced or affected by a magnetic field.
26 letter words containing herm
- statistical-thermodynamics — the science that deals with average properties of the molecules, atoms, or elementary particles in random motion in a system of many such particles and relates these properties to the thermodynamic and other macroscopic properties of the system.
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