14-letter words containing a, c, t, m, h
- huntsman's-cup — a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
- hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
- hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
- iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
- image orthicon — a camera tube, more sensitive than the orthicon, in which an electron image generated by a photocathode is focused on one side of a target that is scanned on its other side by a beam of low-velocity electrons to produce the output signal.
- immethodically — Unmethodically.
- impeachability — The state or condition of being impeachable.
- jackson method — (programming) A proprietary structured method for software analysis, design and programming.
- jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
- lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
- lambeth palace — the official residence of the archbishop of Canterbury, in Lambeth.
- lethal chamber — a room or enclosure where animals may be killed by exposure to a poison gas.
- leucocythaemia — leukaemia
- lithochromatic — relating to or produced by painting on stone
- macaroni wheat — durum wheat.
- machicolations — Plural form of machicolation.
- machine pistol — a fully automatic pistol; submachine gun.
- machine stitch — a stitch created by a sewing machine
- machine-stitch — to sew on a sewing machine.
- macintosh iicx — (computer) (Mac IIcx) A version of Apple's Macintosh II personal computer, introduced in 1989, with a Motorola 68030 processor running at 16 MHz and up to 128 MB of RAM (120 ns, 30-pin DRAM chips). The IIcx requires System 6.0.3 or later and requires "Mode 32" or "32-bit Enabler" to use more than 8MB of RAM. It was discontinued 1991, and in 1996 is still considered one of the best-designed Macs ever.
- magnetic chart — a chart showing the magnetic properties of a portion of the earth's surface, as dip, variation, and intensity.
- magnetic epoch — a geologically long period of time during which the magnetic field of the earth retains the same polarity. The magnetic field may reverse during such a period for a geologically short period of time (a magnetic event)
- magnetic north — north as indicated by a magnetic compass, differing in most places from true north.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- major mitchell — an Australian cockatoo, Kakatoe leadbeateri, with a white-and-pink plumage
- make the scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
- march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
- mariana trench — a depression in the ocean floor of the Pacific, S and W of the Mariana Islands: site of greatest known depth of any ocean. 36,201 feet (11,034 meters) deep.
- master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
- matched sample — a sample in which the individuals selected for analysis share all properties except that under investigation
- mathematically — of, relating to, or of the nature of mathematics: mathematical truth.
- mathematicians — Plural form of mathematician.
- mechanotherapy — curative treatment by mechanical means.
- medical ethics — the code of behaviour considered to be correct for members of the medical profession
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- merchant fleet — the total number of civilian ships of a country carrying either passengers or cargo (goods)
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- mesaticephalic — (anatomy) Having a cranium with a medium ratio of length to breadth.
- metabolic heat — animal heat.
- metachromatism — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metaphorically — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- metaphosphoric — applied to an acid (HPO3) containing a molecule less of water than orthophosphoric acid
- metaphysically — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
- metaphysicians — Plural form of metaphysician.
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- metatheatrical — Of or pertaining to metatheatre.
- metathetically — By means of, or in terms of, metathesis.