13-letter words containing h, a, l, u
- dun laoghaire — a seaport in E Republic of Ireland, near Dublin.
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- exhaust valve — An exhaust valve is a valve that releases burned gases from a cylinder.
- exhaustlessly — in an exhaustless manner
- false bulrush — a tall reedlike marsh plant, Typha latifolia, with straplike leaves and flowers in long brown sausage-shaped spikes: family Typhaceae
- flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- fluophosphate — fluorophosphate.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- full-throated — A full-throated sound coming from someone's mouth, such as a shout or a laugh, is very loud.
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
- gametothallus — a gamete-producing thallus.
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions
- half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-educated — having undergone education: educated people.
- half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
- half-quartern — a loaf having a weight, when baked, of 800 g
- halfway house — an inn or stopping place situated approximately midway between two places on a road.
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
- hallucination — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- hallucinative — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hallux valgus — an abnormal bending or deviation of the big toe towards the other toes of the same foot
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- harold burton — Harold Hitz [hits] /hɪts/ (Show IPA), 1888–1964, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1945–58.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- healthfulness — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- heart trouble — cardiac condition
- heavily built — with a big heavy body
- helianthemums — Plural form of helianthemum.
- hemagglutinin — A substance, such as a viral protein, that causes hemagglutination.
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.