12-letter words containing e, u, h, m
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methaqualone — a nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic substance, C 1 6 H 1 4 N 2 O, used to induce sleep: also widely used as an illicit drug.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- middle dutch — the Dutch language of the period c1100–c1500. Abbreviation: MD.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- miss the bus — lose opportunity
- miss the cut — to achieve a greater score after the first two rounds of a strokeplay tournament than that required to play in the remaining two rounds
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- moth mullein — a weedy, European mullein, Verbascum blattaria, of the figwort family, having lance-shaped leaves and loose spikes of white or yellow flowers.
- mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- much obliged — expressions used when one wants to indicate that one is very grateful for something
- muddleheaded — confused in one's thinking; blundering: a muddleheaded assertion.
- multichannel — Employing or possessing many television or communications channels.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurohormone — any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered to an effector organ through blood circulation.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- open-mouthed — having the mouth open.