11-letter words containing h, a, r, u
- auxotrophic — designating or of a mutant organism requiring more nutritional substances than its prototrophic parent because it has lost the ability to make a certain enzyme
- azimuth bar — a device used in measuring azimuths, consisting of a bar with a sighting vane at each end,pivoted at its center, and rotating in a horizontal plane around the center of a compass.
- backdraught — a reverse movement of air, gas, or liquid
- bad homburg — a city in W central Germany on the S slope of the Taunus Mountains, near Frankfurt.
- barrelhouse — a cheap and disreputable drinking establishment
- beauharnais — Alexandre (alɛksãdr), Vicomte de. 1760–94, French general, who served in the War of American Independence and the French Revolutionary wars; first husband of Empress Joséphine: guillotined
- behavioural — Behavioural means relating to the behaviour of a person or animal, or to the study of their behaviour.
- bhubaneswar — an ancient city in E India, the capital of Odisha (formerly Orissa) state: many temples built between the 7th and 16th centuries. Pop: 647 302 (2001)
- black humor — a form of humor that regards human suffering as absurd rather than pitiable, or that considers human existence as ironic and pointless but somehow comic.
- blubberhead — a stupid, inept person; blockhead.
- blunderhead — Informal. a blunderer; nincompoop.
- bokhara rug — a Turkoman rug having a tan or red background and decorated with varied octagon patterns.
- bonus share — a share from stock given by a company to existing shareholders
- brachiosaur — any of a genus (Brachiosaurus) of huge Jurassic sauropods having longer forelegs than hind legs and nostrils high on the forehead
- brachyurous — shorttailed, as a crab (opposed to macrurous).
- brahmaputra — a river in S Asia, rising in SW Tibet as the Tsangpo and flowing through the Himalayas and NE India to join the Ganges at its delta in Bangladesh. Length: about 2900 km (1800 miles)
- breathe out — When you breathe out, you send air out of your lungs through your nose or mouth.
- broad-brush — A broad-brush approach, strategy, or solution deals with a problem in a general way rather than concentrating on details.
- brunch coat — a knee-length housecoat.
- brush aside — If you brush aside or brush away an idea, remark, or feeling, you refuse to consider it because you think it is not important or useful, even though it may be.
- brush maker — a manufacturer or crafter of brushes
- bukhara rug — a kind of rug, typically having a black-and-white geometrical pattern on a reddish ground
- bull header — Also called bullnose header. a brick having one of the edges across its width rounded for laying as a header in a sill or the like.
- bullwhacker — (especially in the early 19th century) the driver of a team of oxen.
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- butorphanol — a narcotic analgesic, C 21 H 29 NO 2 , administered by injection to treat moderate to severe pain.
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- calochortus — any plant of the genus Calochortus, of the lily family, as the mariposa lily and the sego lily.
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- cardophagus — a donkey
- carpophorus — an epithet of both Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, meaning “fruit-bearer.”.
- chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- charcuterie — cooked cold meats
- charm quark — charmed quark
- chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chaud-froid — a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
- chauffeured — driven by a chauffeur