13-letter words containing h, u, i
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- eucharistical — Alternative form of eucharistic.
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- euthanatizing — Present participle of euthanatize.
- euthanisation — Alternative spelling of euthanization.
- euthanization — The act or process of euthanizing.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- extinguishant — a substance, such as a liquid, foam, powder, etc, used in extinguishing fires
- extinguishers — Plural form of extinguisher.
- extinguishing — Present participle of extinguish.
- fashion house — an establishment in which fashionable clothes are designed, made, and sold
- father figure — a man embodying or seeming to embody the qualities of an idealized conception of the male parent, eliciting from others the emotional responses that a child typically has toward its father.
- ferrochromium — a ferroalloy containing up to 70 percent chromium.
- fidus achates — a faithful friend or companion
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- floor cushion — a cushion placed on the floor of a room for people to sit on
- flourishingly — In a flourishing way; tending to succeed and grow.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fluorohydride — (inorganic chemistry) An compound formed by the addition of the elements of hydrogen fluoride.
- foot-in-mouth — (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- fountainheads — Plural form of fountainhead.
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gefullte fish — dish of fish stuffed with various ingredients
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- generic thunk — (programming) A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
- gheorghiu-dej — Gheorghe [gyawr-ge] /ˈgyɔr gɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–65, Romanian statesman: premier 1952–55; president of the state council 1961–65.
- give mouth to — to express in speech; say
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.