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11-letter words containing h, u, m, i

  • humiliative — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
  • humming top — a top that hums as it spins
  • hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
  • humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
  • humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
  • hydroxonium — (chemistry) The cation obtained by reacting a proton with water - H3O+; hydronium.
  • hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
  • hyphopodium — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
  • hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
  • hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
  • in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
  • inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
  • infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
  • inhumanness — Quality of being inhuman.
  • insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
  • isomorphous — (of a compound or mineral) capable of crystallizing in a form similar to that of another compound or mineral, used especially of substances so closely related that they form end members of a series of solid solutions.
  • itsukushima — an island off the SW coast of Japan, in the Inland Sea: ancient Shinto shrine.
  • kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
  • kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
  • light music — music for popular entertainment
  • lithodomous — living in rock or stone
  • lithotomous — of or relating to the surgical removal of a stone from the bladder
  • lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
  • lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
  • luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
  • lumpishness — The property of being lumpish.
  • lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
  • machine gun — automatic firearm
  • machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
  • machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
  • main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
  • medium shot — a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen. Compare closeup (def 2), long shot (def 3).
  • megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
  • meliphagous — feeding on honey
  • mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
  • mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
  • mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
  • metalithium — A heavy isotope of the simplest alkali metal, (symbol Li) with an atomic number of 3 and containing 8 neutrons. Metalithium is an artificial isotope produced by bombarding Lithium 7 with neutrons. It is radioactive, with a half-life of 0.84 seconds.
  • midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
  • minus sight — a foresight used in leveling.
  • minute hand — the hand that indicates the minutes on a clock or watch, usually longer than the hour hand.
  • mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
  • mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
  • mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
  • monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
  • monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
  • most-jutish — a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
  • moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
  • mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
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