11-letter words containing e, u, c, r
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- huckleberry — the dark-blue or black edible berry of any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Gaylussacia of the heath family.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hucksteress — a female huckster
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- ice-scoured — noting an area having surface features resulting from scouring by an advancing ice sheet during glaciation.
- icteritious — jaundiced; yellow
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- incertitude — uncertainty or doubtfulness.
- include war — Excessive multi-leveled including within a discussion thread, a practice that tends to annoy readers. In a forum with high-traffic newsgroups, such as Usenet, this can lead to flames and the urge to start a kill file.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- incorrupted — not corrupted
- increaseful — full of increase; fertile; fruitful
- incredulity — the quality or state of being incredulous; inability or unwillingness to believe.
- incredulous — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- incumbrance — encumbrance.
- incurrences — Plural form of incurrence.
- influencers — Plural form of influencer.
- infrequency — state of being infrequent.
- infructuose — Not yielding fruit.
- inscrutable — incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- insculpture — an inscription or carving
- insectarium — a place in which a collection of living insects is kept, as in a zoo.
- instructive — serving to instruct or inform; conveying instruction, knowledge, or information; enlightening.
- insurrectos — Plural form of insurrecto.
- intercampus — the grounds, often including the buildings, of a college, university, or school.
- interchurch — interdenominational.
- intercounty — conducted between or involving two or more counties
- intercouple — two of the same sort considered together; pair.
- intercourse — dealings or communication between individuals, groups, countries, etc.
- intercrural — of or relating to the leg or the hind limb.
- intercupola — the space between an inner and an outer dome.
- internuncio — a papal ambassador ranking next below a nuncio.
- interocular — being, or situated, between the eyes.
- introducers — Plural form of introducer.
- involucrate — having an involucre.