12-letter words containing m, u, h
- forasmuch as — since
- foul-mouthed — using obscene, profane, or scurrilous language; given to filthy or abusive speech.
- frank murphy — Frank, 1890–1949, U.S. statesman and jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1940–49.
- full-mouthed — (of cattle, sheep, etc.) having a complete set of teeth.
- 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.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- get the hump — If someone gets the hump, they get very annoyed about something.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- glutethimide — a white, crystalline, water-insoluble powder, C 13 H 15 NO 2 , used as a hypnotic and sedative.
- good-humored — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- graham flour — unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- half measure — If someone refers to policies or actions as half measures, they are critical of them because they think that they are not forceful enough and are therefore of little value.
- happy medium — a course of action or condition that is between two extremes: Our climate is a happy medium between hot and cold.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- harmoniumist — a person who plays a harmonium
- harum-scarum — reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.
- haulage firm — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- haussmannize — to rebuild in a similar fashion as Haussmann rebuilt Paris
- heart murmur — murmur (def 3).
- helianthemum — (botany) Any of the genus Helianthemum of rockroses.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- helium flash — the explosive burning of helium in the case of a star of low mass that occurs when the core is so dense that the matter has become degenerate. The burning causes a rapid rise in temperature until it is so high that the gas ceases to be degenerate, after which there is a rapid expansion
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hemodilution — a decreased concentration of cells and solids in blood, usually caused by an influx of fluid.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heteromerous — having or consisting of parts that differ in quality, number of elements, or the like: a heteromerous flower.
- heteronomous — subject to or involving different laws.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- hibernaculum — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hippopotamus — a large herbivorous mammal, Hippopotamus amphibius, having a thick hairless body, short legs, and a large head and muzzle, found in and near the rivers, lakes, etc., of Africa, and able to remain under water for a considerable time.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- homochromous — being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head.
- homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- homologumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- homonymously — in a homonymous manner
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- homothermous — (biology) warm-blooded.
- horse manure — horse's excrement
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- house number — the unique number given to each building on a street which forms part of that building's address