12-letter words containing h, i, e, r, u
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hippo regius — a seaport of ancient Numidia: St. Augustine was bishop here a.d. 395–430; the site of modern Annaba, in Algeria.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- house spider — any largish dark spider of the genus Tegenaria that is common in houses, such as the cardinal spider
- house wizard — (Probably from ad-agency tradetalk, "house freak") A hacker occupying a technical-specialist, R&D, or systems position at a commercial shop. A really effective house wizard can have influence out of all proportion to his/her ostensible rank and still not have to wear a suit. Used especially of Unix wizards. The term "house guru" is equivalent.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydroquinone — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 2 , formed by the reduction of quinone: used chiefly in photography and to inhibit autoxidation reactions.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- interborough — between boroughs.
- interwrought — having been interworked
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- jumping hare — springhare.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.