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11-letter words containing h, e, u, r, i

  • hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
  • hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
  • hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
  • hirsuteness — The characteristic of being hirsute; hairiness.
  • homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
  • hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
  • hot jupiter — any of a class of large, hot, gaseous planets similar to Jupiter in mass but outside our solar system.
  • hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
  • house-train — to housebreak.
  • housesitter — Alternative spelling of house-sitter.
  • housewifery — the function or work of a housewife; housekeeping.
  • huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
  • hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
  • hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
  • hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
  • humidifiers — Plural form of humidifier.
  • humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
  • hurriedness — The state of being hurried.
  • hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
  • hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
  • hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
  • interchurch — interdenominational.
  • lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
  • lectureship — the office of lecturer.
  • lethiferous — lethal.
  • light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
  • lindenhurst — a village on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • line-hauler — a heavy-duty truck suitable for line-haul transportation.
  • lion-hunter — a person who hunts lions, esp for sport
  • 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
  • lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
  • luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
  • lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
  • 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.
  • mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
  • mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • multichrome — chromium.
  • nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
  • neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
  • neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
  • neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
  • neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
  • neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.
  • night nurse — a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night
  • nototherium — an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats
  • nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
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