12-letter words containing m, u, r, e
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- 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.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- homebuilders — Plural form of homebuilder.
- 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.
- 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
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- housemothers — Plural form of housemother.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- huggermugger — Alternative form of hugger-mugger.
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- humeral veil — a fringed scarf, usually white and ornamented in the middle, worn over the shoulders by a priest or subdeacon during certain parts of a High Mass.
- humorousness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immaturities — Plural form of immaturity.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immune serum — a serum containing naturally or artificially produced antibodies to a given antigen, obtained from human or animal sources.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a measure — to an extent
- in miniature — on a smaller scale
- in perpetuum — for ever
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incumbrancer — (legal) One who holds incumbrance, or some legal claim, lien, or charge on an estate.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- index number — a quantity whose variation over a period of time measures the change in some phenomenon.
- insectariums — Plural form of insectarium.
- instrumental — serving or acting as an instrument or means; useful; helpful.
- instrumented — equipped with instruments to perform specified functions, as testing, measurement, or control: an instrumented railroad car.
- intercommune — to commune or converse together
- intermixture — a mass of ingredients mixed together.
- intermundane — existing in the space between worlds or heavenly bodies: intermundane space.
- interregnums — Plural form of interregnum.