18-letter words containing h, o, r, m, u
- neuroophthalmology — the branch of ophthalmology that deals with the optic nerve and other nervous system structures involved in vision.
- neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
- no laughing matter — sth serious
- outer automorphism — an automorphism that is not an inner automorphism.
- outreach programme — a programme designed to help and encourage disadvantaged members of the community
- potassium chlorate — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous solid, KClO 3 , used chiefly as an oxidizing agent in the manufacture of explosives, fireworks, matches, bleaches, and disinfectants.
- potassium chloride — a white or colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, KCl, used chiefly in the manufacture of fertilizers and mineral water, and as a source of other potassium compounds.
- prometheus unbound — a drama in verse (1820) by Shelley.
- put the mockers on — stop, thwart
- pyromucic aldehyde — furfural.
- quick off the mark — If you are quick off the mark, you are quick to understand or respond to something. If you are slow off the mark, you are slow to understand or respond to something.
- rheims-douay bible — Douay Bible.
- roman architecture — buildings in style of ancient Rome
- rufous hummingbird — a reddish-brown hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, of western North America.
- runge-kutta method — a numerical method, involving successive approximations, used to solve differential equations.
- shotgun microphone — a directional microphone with a narrow-angle range of sensitivity.
- so much the better — You can say 'so much the better' or 'all the better' to indicate that it is desirable that a particular thing is used, done, or available.
- southern cameroons — German Kamerun. a region in W Africa: a German protectorate 1884–1919; divided in 1919 into British and French mandates.
- spur-of-the-moment — occurring or done without advance preparation or deliberation; extemporaneous; unplanned: a spur-of-the-moment decision.
- the mosque of omar — the mosque in Jerusalem, Israel, built in 691 ad by caliph 'Abd al-Malik: the third most holy place of Islam; stands on the Temple Mount alongside the al-Aqsa mosque
- the movie industry — the industry that makes entertainment films or movies
- the uncircumcision — the gentiles
- thermionic current — an electric current produced by the flow of thermions.
- thermoluminescence — phosphorescence produced by the heating of a substance.
- thermonuclear bomb — hydrogen bomb.
- thought experiment — Physics. a demonstration or calculation that is based on the postulates of a theory, as relativity, and that demonstrates or clarifies the consequences of the postulates.
- to cut the mustard — If someone does not cut the mustard, their work or their performance is not as good as it should be or as good as it is expected to be.
- to meet your match — If you meet your match, you find that you are competing or fighting against someone who you cannot beat because they are as good as you, or better than you.
- urban homesteading — homesteading (def 2).