11-letter words containing h, o, u, r, e
- porterhouse — Also called porterhouse steak. a choice cut of beef from between the prime ribs and the sirloin.
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- proud flesh — granulation tissue.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- pseudograph — a piece of writing that is falsely ascribed
- pseudomorph — an irregular or unclassifiable form.
- quinhydrone — a dark green, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 1 2 H 1 0 O 4 , used in solution, together with a platinum wire, as an electrode (quinhy·drone elec·trode)
- quoteworthy — quotable.
- ranch house — the house of the owner of a ranch, usually of one story and with a low-pitched roof.
- readthrough — reading (def 1).
- reauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- reproachful — full of or expressing reproach or censure: a reproachful look.
- reupholster — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rinthereout — a vagrant or homeless person
- river-mouth — an estuary
- rough edges — lack of refinement
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- roundarched — having semicircular arches
- roundheaded — (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- see through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
- see-through — Also, see-thru [see-throo] /ˈsiˌθru/ (Show IPA). transparent: a see-through blouse.
- sepulchrous — of the nature of a sepulchre
- shot putter — a sportsperson who competes in the shot put
- shot-putter — a participant in shot put.
- show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
- shower unit — fitted shower
- shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
- shuddersome — tending to shudder
- sleep rough — to spend the night in the open; be without a home or without shelter
- slough over — to gloss over; minimize
- soho square — a formerly fashionable residential district of London, England.
- solar house — a house designed to absorb and store solar heat.
- sour cherry — a cherry, Prunus cerasus, characterized by gray bark and the spreading habit of its branches.
- south korea — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south river — a borough in central New Jersey.
- southbridge — a town in S Massachusetts.
- southeaster — a wind or storm from the southeast.
- southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
- southernize — to make or become southern