12-letter words containing h, u, m, i
- fifth column — a group of people who act traitorously and subversively out of a secret sympathy with an enemy of their country.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hug-me-tight — a woman's short, warm, close-fitting jacket, usually knitted or crocheted and often sleeveless.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- jumping hare — springhare.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- limnophilous — (of animals) living in lakes or freshwater marshes
- lithium lick — NeXT employees who have had too much attention from their esteemed founder, Steve Jobs, are said to have "lithium lick" when they begin to show signs of Jobsian fervour and repeat the most recent catch phrases in normal conversation, e.g. "It just works, right out of the box!"
- 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
- machu picchu — the site of an ancient Incan and pre-Incan city, about 7000 feet (2130 meters) above sea level in the Andes, in S central Peru.
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.