12-letter words containing m, o, r, h, u
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- out of humor — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- phone number — of individual, business
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
- southernmost — farthest south.
- summer house — outbuilding used for leisure
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- throw mud at — to slander; vilify
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
- trench mouth — Vincent's angina.
- trichotomous — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- unharmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- unharmonized — to bring into harmony, accord, or agreement: to harmonize one's views with the new situation.
- uniform with — having the same form, appearance, etc. as
- urethrectomy — excision or removal of part or all of the urethra.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- well-humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).