11-letter words containing h, u
- hunker down — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hunt button — a button engraved with the insignia of one's hunt and worn on the coat and vest as part of the hunt uniform.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hurdle rate — the rate of return that a proposed project must provide if it is to be worth considering: usually calculated as the cost of the capital involved adjusted by a risk factor
- hurdy-gurdy — a barrel organ or similar musical instrument played by turning a crank.
- hurly-burly — noisy disorder and confusion; commotion; uproar; tumult.
- hurriedness — The state of being hurried.
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hurtfulness — The property of being hurtful.
- hurtleberry — whortleberry.
- husbandable — Capable of being husbanded, or managed with economy.
- husbandland — the holding once held by a husband or tenant farmer or the quantity of land held by him, approximately 32 acres
- husbandless — Without a husband.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- husk tomato — ground cherry (def 1).
- husk-tomato — ground-cherry
- husking bee — a gathering of farm families or friends to husk corn, usually as part of a celebration or party.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hydroxonium — (chemistry) The cation obtained by reacting a proton with water - H3O+; hydronium.
- hydroxyurea — a synthetic compound, CH 4 N 2 O 2 , used in cancer therapy.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hyphopodium — (in a fungus) a specialized hyphal branch, composed of one or two usually lobed cells, serving for attachment and for the absorption of food.
- hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
- hyponitrous — of or derived from hyponitrous acid.
- hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
- hyposulfite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- hypotenuses — Plural form of hypotenuse.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
- hypothenuse — hypotenuse.
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- in no hurry — If you are in no hurry to do something, you are very unwilling to do it.
- in the buff — naked
- in the club — pregnant
- in the hunt — If a team or competitor is in the hunt for something, they still have a chance of winning it.
- in the lump — in the mass or aggregate; all together
- in the nude — naked
- in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.