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15-letter words containing m, u, h

  • cut the mustard — to come up to expectations
  • dartmouth basic — (language)   The original BASIC language, designed by John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz at Dartmouth College in 1963. Dartmouth BASIC first ran on a GE 235 [date?] and on an IBM 704 on 1964-05-01. It was designed for quick and easy programming by students and beginners using Dartmouth's experimental time-sharing system. Unlike most later BASIC dialects, Dartmouth BASIC was compiled.
  • deus ex machina — (in ancient Greek and Roman drama) a god introduced into a play to resolve the plot
  • dichotomous key — a key used to identify a plant or animal in which each stage presents descriptions of two distinguishing characters, with a direction to another stage in the key, until the species is identified
  • dichotomousness — the quality of being dichotomous
  • dimethylsulfide — Alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfide.
  • distinguishment — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • doubting thomas — a person who refuses to believe without proof; skeptic. John 20:24–29.
  • draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
  • durchkomponiert — having a different tune for each section rather than having repeated melodies
  • dutchman's-pipe — a climbing vine, Aristolochia durior, of the birthwort family, having large, heart-shaped leaves and brownish-purple flowers of a curved form suggesting a tobacco pipe.
  • echinodermatous — belonging or pertaining to the echinoderms.
  • edmund randolph — A(sa) Philip, 1889–1979, U.S. labor leader: president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters 1925–68.
  • edriophthalmous — (of certain crustaceans) having stalkless eyes
  • eleutheromaniac — Having a passionate mania for freedom.
  • enantiomorphous — Of or pertaining to enantiomorphs or enantiomorphism; enantiomorphic.
  • ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
  • euphemistically — In a euphemistic manner.
  • faith community — a community of people sharing the same religious faith
  • fifth columnist — A fifth columnist is someone who secretly supports and helps the enemies of the country or organization they are in.
  • flannel-mouthed — speaking thickly, as if one's mouth were full of flannel
  • fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter.
  • fluorochemicals — Plural form of fluorochemical.
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • four-ball match — a match, scored by holes, between two pairs of players, in which the four players tee off and the partners alternate in hitting the pair's ball having the better lie off the tee.
  • francis bushman — Francis X(avier) 1883–1966, U.S. film actor.
  • french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
  • french vermouth — a dry aromatic white wine
  • freshwater drum — an edible drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of the fresh waters of North and Central America, sometimes reaching a weight of 60 pounds (27 kg).
  • get the jump on — to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; leap: to jump into the air; to jump out a window.
  • haemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in (a blood sample)
  • haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • haute-normandie — a region of NW France, on the English Channel: generally fertile and flat
  • have to lump it — If you say that someone will have to lump it, you mean that they must accept a situation or decision whether they like it or not.
  • heather mixture — cloth made from a mixture of different yarns, predominantly grey but with flecks of different colours
  • hermeneutically — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
  • heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
  • hillbilly music — folk music combined with elements of popular music in which the banjo, fiddle, and guitar are principal instruments: a type of music that originated in mountain regions of the southern U.S.
  • hip measurement — a measurement around the hips at the level of the buttocks used in clothing and assessing general health
  • home automation — the control of domestic appliances by electronically controlled systems
  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • homo economicus — a theoretical human being who rationally calculates the costs and benefits of every action before making a decision, used as the basis for a number of economic theories and models
  • homochlamydeous — (of a plant) having a perianth in which the sepals and petals are fused together and indistinguishable
  • homogeneousness — (rare) homogeneity, the state of having a uniform composition.
  • homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
  • honeymoon suite — a luxurious suite in a hotel designed for honeymooners
  • hop-o'-my-thumb — a very small person, as a midget or dwarf.
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