10-letter words containing h, u, m
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- dehumanise — to deprive of human qualities or attributes; divest of individuality: Conformity dehumanized him.
- dehumanize — If you say that something dehumanizes people, you mean it takes away from them good human qualities such as kindness, generosity, and independence.
- dehumidify — to remove water from (something, esp the air)
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- dual-homed — (networking) A kind of connection to a FDDI network where a host is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a dual-attached device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings.
- dummelhead — a stupid or slow-witted person
- dummy head — a model of the human head with a microphone in each ear intended to receive sound in binaural and surround sound reproduction and transmission
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- embothrium — any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers: family Proteaceae
- embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- enthusiasm — Intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- erechtheum — a temple on the Acropolis at Athens, which has a porch of caryatids
- eriophorum — cotton grass
- erymanthus — Mountmountain in the NW Peloponnesus, Greece: 7,297 ft (2,224 m): in Greek mythology, haunt of a savage boar captured by Hercules
- ethambutol — a compound used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euhemerism — the theory that gods arose out of the deification of historical heroes
- euhemerize — (transitive) to explain or interpret something using the theory of Euhemeros.
- euphemised — Simple past tense and past participle of euphemise.
- euphemisms — Plural form of euphemism.
- euphemized — Simple past tense and past participle of euphemize.
- euphemizer — One who, or that which, euphemizes.
- euphemizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of euphemize.
- euphoniums — Plural form of euphonium.
- euphorbium — an acrid resin obtained from several species of Euphorbia, formerly used in medicine as a purgative and emetic
- eurhythmic — Harmonious.
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- exhumation — The act of digging up that which has been buried.
- farmhouses — Plural form of farmhouse.
- fauxhemian — Someone who adopts some aspects of a Bohemian lifestyle while staying within social conventions.
- flour moth — larva of butterfly that feeds on grain
- flutemouth — any of several fish with a tubular snout
- frogmouths — Plural form of frogmouth.
- full rhyme — rhyme in which the stressed vowels and all following consonants and vowels are identical, but the consonants preceding the rhyming vowels are different, as in chain, brain; soul, pole.
- futhermore — Misspelling of furthermore.