12-letter words containing h, i, r, u
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- drum machine — a device that simulates percussion sounds in various combinations and rhythms, and can alter digitally stored drum sounds or make digital recordings of drum sounds.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
- ethical drug — a drug which is only available legally with a doctor's prescription or consent
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- eutrophicate — (ecology, intransitive) To become eutrophic.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fifty-fourth — next after the fifty-third; being the ordinal number for 54.
- figure eight — figure eight.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- five hundred — a variety of euchre in which a joker and widow are included, the object being to score 500 points first.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- four-in-hand — a long necktie to be tied in a slipknot with the ends left hanging.
- french union — a former association of France and its overseas territories, colonies, and protectorates as constituted in 1946: superseded by the French Community in 1958.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- gift voucher — gift certificate.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gut-churning — nerve-wracking
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
- half serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-serious — of, showing, or characterized by deep thought.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
- hand-running — in unbroken succession; consecutively.
- harlequinade — a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harquebusier — a soldier armed with a harquebus.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.