12-letter words containing h, u, r, l
- high hurdles — a race in which runners leap over hurdles 42 inches (107 cm) high.
- hill country — hilly area
- hillsborough — a town in W California.
- hold out for — to wait patiently or uncompromisingly for (the fulfilment of one's demands)
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- holy picture — a picture of a person or thing that is of religious importance
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- horrendously — shockingly dreadful; horrible: a horrendous crime.
- horticulture — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
- housebuilder — One who builds houses, particularly one who does so professionally.
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- householders — Plural form of householder.
- huddersfield — a town in West Yorkshire, in N central England.
- hugh loebner — (person) Dr. Hugh Gene Loebner, the instigator of the Loebner Prize in artificial intelligence. E-mail address: Hugh Loebner <[email protected]>.
- 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.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hurtlessness — harmlessness; innocence
- hydraulicked — (of an extracted mineral) excavated using water
- hydroculture — A type of hydroponics in which plants are grown in a medium that allows the distribution of water and nutrients through capillary action.
- hydrofluoric — of or derived from hydrofluoric acid.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypertextual — Of or relating to hypertext.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lecture hall — conference room
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- 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