12-letter words containing h, o, u, s
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
- lithophilous — (of animals and plants) inhabiting or growing in stony places
- 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
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- loutrophoros — Greek and Roman Antiquity. a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- 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.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- 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.
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- 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
- moschiferous — giving off or producing musk
- mosquitofish — any of several fishes that feed on mosquito larvae, as Gambusia affinis, found in the southeastern U.S., now introduced into other parts of the world for mosquito control.
- mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
- motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mount shasta — Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4315 meters).
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element