13-letter words containing m, u, h
- neurohormones — Plural form of neurohormone.
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nonhomogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
- nonhomologous — having the same or a similar relation; corresponding, as in relative position or structure.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- not much chop — not much good; poor
- not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
- novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
- number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
- nursery rhyme — a short, simple poem or song for very young children, as Hickory Dickory Dock.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
- organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
- out of humour — in a bad mood
- over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- patch pumpkin — pumpkin
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
- pneumatograph — pneumograph.
- pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
- polythalamous — having multiple chambers
- psammophilous — living or growing in sand
- pumpkinheaded — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
- requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
- rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
- rhythm guitar — a guitar used to provide rhythm, particularly during a musical ensemble
- rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
- rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
- rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
- run the gamut — The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind.
- rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
- sargassumfish — an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum weed.
- semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
- semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
- shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations