13-letter words containing h, u, m
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- cloud chamber — an apparatus for detecting high-energy particles by observing their tracks through a chamber containing a supersaturated vapour. Each particle ionizes molecules along its path and small droplets condense on them to produce a visible track
- colour scheme — In a room or house, the colour scheme is the way in which colours have been used to decorate it.
- column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
- come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
- come up short — disappoint
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- computer chip — a small integrated circuit of a kind used in computers
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- croquembouche — a French dessert consisting of a cone-shaped mound of small cream puffs glazed with caramelized sugar
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- dehumidifiers — Plural form of dehumidifier.
- deutsche mark — the former basic monetary unit of Germany, superseded in 2002 by the euro
- diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- disharmonious — inharmonious; discordant.
- dolphinariums — Plural form of dolphinarium.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dumfriesshire — Also called Dumfriesshire [duhm-frees-sheer, -sher] /dʌmˈfrisˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in S Scotland.
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- emphysematous — (medicine) Related, similar to or involving emphysema; swollen, bloated.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- entomophilous — (of flowering plants) pollinated by insects
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- ethnophaulism — An ethnic or racial slur, typically caricaturing some identifiable (often physical) feature of the group being derided. For example,
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- exanthematous — Of or pertaining to exanthem.
- ferrochromium — a ferroalloy containing up to 70 percent chromium.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flannel-mouth — a person whose speech is thick, slow, or halting.
- flight number — the identifying number of a scheduled flight
- fluorochromes — Plural form of fluorochrome.
- foot-in-mouth — (of a statement) inappropriate, insensitive, or imprudent.
- fort monmouth — a military reservation and U.S. Army training center in E central New Jersey, SE of Red Bank; site of signal school.
- four horsemen — four riders on white, red, black, and pale horses symbolizing pestilence, war, famine, and death, respectively. Rev. 6:2–8.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
- gametothallus — a gamete-producing thallus.
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- give mouth to — to express in speech; say
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.