12-letter words containing h, o, r, m, u
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- house number — the unique number given to each building on a street which forms part of that building's address
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- housemothers — Plural form of housemother.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- humorousness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- 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
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- mare humorum — (Sea of Moisture) a dark plain in the third quadrant of the face of the moon: about 45,000 sq. mi. (117,000 sq. km).
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- micropublish — to publish on microfilm or microfiche.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- moo shu pork — a Chinese dish made of shredded pork and vegetables and beaten eggs, sautéed and usually served in a crêpe with hoisin sauce
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neurohormone — any of various substances, as antidiuretic hormone, formed in the nervous system and delivered to an effector organ through blood circulation.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions