12-letter words containing h, a, m, s, u
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- massachusett — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- 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
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- 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.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mount shasta — Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4315 meters).
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- muscle beach — a beach where young men display their muscles, engage in calisthenics, etc.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.