12-letter words containing m, a, n, u
- funeral home — an establishment where the dead are prepared for burial or cremation, where the body may be viewed, and where funeral services are sometimes held.
- furnace room — a room containing a furnace or an enclosed chamber for producing heat, often on the bottom floor of the building that it heats
- furocoumarin — psoralen.
- gelande jump — jump made in downhill skiing
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gulf of oman — a strait that ultimately links the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf
- gum ammoniac — a brownish-yellow gum resin, having an acrid taste, occurring in tearlike fragments from a plant, Dorema ammoniacum, of western Asia: used in porcelain ceramics and in medicine as an expectorant and counterirritant.
- gum-benjamin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- horse manure — horse's excrement
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- human genome — genetic code of human beings
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
- humification — the formation of humus.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- illuminating — to enlighten, as with knowledge.
- illumination — an act or instance of illuminating.
- illuminative — giving light; illuminating.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immunisation — (British, immunology) alternative spelling of immunization.
- immunization — the fact or process of becoming immune, as against a disease.