11-letter words containing a, s, h, u
- husk tomato — ground cherry (def 1).
- husk-tomato — ground-cherry
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- inexhausted — Not exhausted.
- inhumanness — Quality of being inhuman.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- ithyphallus — an erect phallus
- itsukushima — an island off the SW coast of Japan, in the Inland Sea: ancient Shinto shrine.
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- jealoushood — jealousy
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- last hurrah — a politician's final campaign.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- liu shao qi — 1898–1974, Chinese Communist statesman; chairman of the People's Republic of China (1959–68); deposed during the Cultural Revolution
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- mount athos — a mountainous peninsula in NE Greece: location of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, an autonomous administrative division of Greece since 1927; inhabited by Eastern Orthodox monks in about 20 monasteries, some founded in the 10th century; prohibited to women and children. Pop: 1942 (2001)
- mouse ahead — The point-and-click analog of "type ahead". To manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost always a mouse in this usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or command buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such input, in anticipation of the program accepting the input. Handling this properly is rare, but it can help make a WIMP environment much more usable, assuming the users are familiar with the behaviour of the user interface.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.