11-letter words containing e, u, h, a, r
- houselander — Caryll [kar-uh l] /ˈkær əl/ (Show IPA), 1901–54, English writer on Roman Catholicism.
- housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- human error — sb's mistake
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hydroxyurea — a synthetic compound, CH 4 N 2 O 2 , used in cancer therapy.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- joshua tree — an evergreen tree, Yucca brevifolia, growing in arid or desert regions of the southwestern U.S., having long, twisted branches.
- jugged hare — a stew made of wild rabbit, usually cooked in an earthenware jug or stone pot.
- jure humano — by human law.
- katharevusa — the puristic Modern Greek literary language (distinguished from Demotic).
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- lazar house — (formerly) a hospital for persons with infectious diseases, esp leprosy
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- leukorrheal — Relating to leukorrhea.
- line-hauler — a heavy-duty truck suitable for line-haul transportation.
- loud-hailer — a portable loudspeaker having a built-in amplifier and microphone
- loudhailers — Plural form of loudhailer.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- 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.
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manure heap — a pile of animal excreta, esp on a farm, kept for use as fertiliser
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
- nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
- nurse shark — any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
- onslaughter — An onslaught.
- opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.