11-letter words containing m, u, h
- thumb drive — Also called flash memory drive, thumb drive, USB drive. a very small, portable, solid-state hard drive that can be inserted into a USB port for storage and retrieval of data.
- thumb glass — a drinking glass having external indentations to allow it to be firmly grasped.
- thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
- thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
- thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
- thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
- thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
- thumbsucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunder mug — a chamber pot.
- thutmose ii — flourished c1495 b.c, Egyptian ruler, son of Thutmose I, half brother of Thutmose III.
- transhumant — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- trumpetfish — any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position.
- truth claim — a hypothesis not yet verified by experience.
- truth serum — a drug, as the barbiturate thiopental, that induces in the subject a desire to talk or a state of heightened suggestibility, used in psychotherapy and in interrogation to discover repressed or consciously withheld information.
- tub-thumper — a vociferous supporter or promoter, as of a cause.
- tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- tumble home — Nautical. an inward and upward slope of the middle body of a vessel.
- turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
- tutankhamen — 14th century b.c, a king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty.
- ultrasmooth — extremely smooth
- umpty-umpth — umpteenth.
- un-charming — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- unashamedly — not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt: a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.
- unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
- unhampering — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
- unharmfully — in an unharmful way
- unhingement — the state of being unhinged; an instance of unhinging
- unimpeached — (of a desirable quality or status) not challenged or questioned
- unlightsome — without light; dark
- unmatchable — not capable of being matched or equalled
- unmechanize — to break up or disarrange (something)
- unnilhexium — seaborgium.
- unwholesome — not wholesome; unhealthful; deleterious to health or physical or moral well-being: unwholesome food; unwholesome activities.
- urethrotomy — an operation to cut a stricture of the urethra.
- utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
- van der hum — a spicy liqueur from South Africa, flavored with tangerine and herbs.
- widemouthed — (of a person, object, body of water, etc.) having a mouth that is wide: a widemouthed river.
- with a bump — If someone comes down to earth with a bump, they suddenly start recognizing unpleasant facts after a period of time when they have not been doing this.
- xanthan gum — a water-soluble natural gum produced by the fermentation of sugar with certain microorganisms and used as a binder, extender, or stabilizer in foods and other products.
- xenodochium — a guesthouse for receiving strangers
- xeranthemum — any of a Mediterranean genus of plants having flower heads that are dry and retain their colour and shape for years: family Asteraceae (composites)
- youth crime — crime committed by juvenile offenders
- zanthoxylum — any rutaceous shrub or tree of the genus Zanthoxylum, of temperate and subtropical E Asia and North America: includes the prickly ash and the West Indian yellowwood (or satinwood)