15-letter words containing m, u, h
- magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- mahrisch-ostrau — German name of Moravská Ostrava.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
- male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
- manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
- manukau harbour — an inlet of the Tasman Sea near Auckland in New Zealand on NW North Island
- marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
- mare erythraeum — (Red Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
- matta echaurren — Roberto Antonio Sebastián [raw-ver-taw ahn-taw-nyaw se-vahs-tyahn] /rɔˈvɛr tɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1911–2002, Chilean painter.
- maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
- meadow mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
- mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
- methylcellulose — a grayish-white powder prepared from cellulose that swells to a highly viscous colloidal solution in water: used as a food additive and in water paints, leather tanning, and cosmetics.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microearthquake — an earthquake of very low intensity (magnitude of 2 or less on the Richter scale).
- microhomologous — (genetics) Exhibiting microhomology.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- mind how you go — Some people say 'Mind how you go' when they are saying goodbye to someone who is leaving.
- mischievousness — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- mohawk hair cut — a member of a tribe of the most easterly of the Iroquois Five Nations, formerly resident along the Mohawk River, New York.
- moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moravian church — a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- mother superior — the head of a Christian religious community for women.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
- multihomed host — A host which has more than one connection to a network. The host may send and receive data over any of the links but will not route traffic for other nodes.
- multiphase flow — Multiphase flow is a type of flow that involves more than one fluid, for example a liquid and a gas, or two liquids that do not mix.
- multiple choice — question: with several options
- multiple-choice — consisting of several possible answers from which the correct one must be selected: a multiple-choice question.
- multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
- multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
- murphy-o'connor — Cormac. born 1932, British cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (2000–09)
- mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
- mushroom growth — rapid increase or growth
- muslim brothers — an organization founded in Egypt in 1928 by Hasan al-Banna (1906–49), calling for a return to rigid orthodoxy, the overthrow of secular governments, and a restoration of the theocratic state.