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11-letter words containing h, u, m

  • rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
  • rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
  • river-mouth — an estuary
  • roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
  • 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 music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
  • route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
  • rudesheimer — any of the Rheingau wines from the vineyards near Rüdesheim, a town on the Rhine River in W Germany.
  • rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
  • sam houston — Sam(uel) 1793–1863, U.S. soldier and political leader: president of the Republic of Texas 1836–38 and 1841–44.
  • scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
  • semishrubby — somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
  • sheet music — music printed on unbound sheets of paper.
  • shoot'em-up — a book, film, TV show, video game, etc. characterized by much violent content, gunplay, etc., esp. one in the western, crime, or war genres
  • shoot-em-up — A shoot-em-up is a computer game that involves shooting and killing characters.
  • show jumper — A show jumper is a person who takes part in the sport of show jumping.
  • showjumping — horseriding event
  • shuddersome — tending to shudder
  • shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
  • shunt motor — A shunt motor is a direct current motor whose two windings are in parallel, with the same voltage across each.
  • small hours — pre-dawn
  • smash-mouth — designating or of a style of football characterized by rough, aggressive play and, typically, strong offensive rushing
  • smoothhound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
  • so much for — So much for is used to indicate that you have finished talking about a subject.
  • south miami — a town in S Florida.
  • south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
  • southampton — Henry Wriothesley [rahy-uh ths-lee] /ˈraɪ əθs li/ (Show IPA), 3rd Earl of, 1573–1624, English nobleman, soldier, and patron of writers, including William Shakespeare.
  • southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
  • sphaeridium — a round body found on sea urchins
  • storm house — a storm cellar.
  • stump ranch — (in British Columbia) an undeveloped ranch in the bush where animals graze among the stumps of felled trees
  • subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
  • subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
  • summerhouse — a simple, often rustic structure in a park or garden, intended to provide shade in the summer.
  • superphylum — a category of related phyla within a kingdom.
  • supersmooth — exceptionally smooth
  • sympathique — pleasing or congenial
  • symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
  • thaumatrope — a card with different pictures on opposite sides, as a horse on one side and a rider on the other, which appear as if combined when the card is twirled rapidly, thus illustrating the persistence of visual impressions.
  • thaumaturge — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
  • thaumaturgy — the working of wonders or miracles; magic.
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the commune — the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sublime — sublime quality; sublimity
  • theme music — music played at the beginning and end of a programme or film
  • thermoduric — (of certain microorganisms) able to survive high temperatures, as during pasteurization.
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • this minute — immediately, without delay
  • thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
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