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13-letter words containing h, i, r, u

  • hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
  • hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
  • hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
  • hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
  • hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
  • hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
  • hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
  • hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
  • hydraulically — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
  • hydronium ion — the hydrogen ion bonded to a molecule of water, H 3 O + , the form in which hydrogen ions are found in aqueous solution.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
  • hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
  • hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
  • hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
  • hypereutectic — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
  • hyperimmunize — to render highly immunized
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
  • hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
  • hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
  • hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
  • hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
  • hyracotherium — eohippus.
  • ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
  • ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
  • immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
  • indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • inner harbour — a part of a harbour which is further inland
  • isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
  • jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
  • joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
  • junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
  • jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
  • kilowatt-hour — a unit of energy, equivalent to the energy transferred or expended in one hour by one kilowatt of power; approximately 1.34 horsepower-hours. Abbreviation: kWh, K.W.H., kwhr.
  • kirkcudbright — a historic county in SW Scotland.
  • lake-urumiyeh — Lake. Urmia, Lake.
  • leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
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