12-letter words containing m, u, h
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- phone number — of individual, business
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- 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.
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- posthumously — arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery.
- 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.
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- see the menu — When a customer asks to see the menu, they ask you to bring them a copy of the menu.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- show jumping — sport: horseriding event
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- sixth column — the persons residing in a country at war who are devoted to aiding the fifth column in its activities, especially by lowering morale, spreading rumors, etc.
- 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.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- smooth hound — a smooth dogfish, especially Mustelus mustelus, inhabiting waters along the coast of Europe.
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- sodium light — the light produced by a sodium lamp
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet