11-letter words containing m, u, r, h
- host number — (networking) The host part of an Internet address. The rest is the network number.
- housemaster — a man who is in charge of a house or a dormitory in a private school for boys.
- housemother — a woman in charge of a residence, especially for children, students, or young women, who acts as hostess, chaperon, and occasionally as housekeeper.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- human error — sb's mistake
- humidifiers — Plural form of humidifier.
- hummingbird — a very small nectar-sipping New World bird of the family Trochilidae, characterized by the brilliant, iridescent plumage of the male, a slender bill, and narrow wings, the extremely rapid beating of which produces a humming sound: noted for their ability to hover and to fly upward, downward, and backward in a horizontal position.
- humoresques — Plural form of humoresque.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- humourously — (UK, uncommon, nonstandard) alternative spelling of humorously.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hydroxonium — (chemistry) The cation obtained by reacting a proton with water - H3O+; hydronium.
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- isomorphous — (of a compound or mineral) capable of crystallizing in a form similar to that of another compound or mineral, used especially of substances so closely related that they form end members of a series of solid solutions.
- jure humano — by human law.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- khmer rouge — a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force and political opposition movement, originally Communist and Communist-backed.
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumber with — If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you.
- luminophore — a molecule or group of molecules that emits light when illuminated.
- lump hammer — a heavy hammer used for driving stakes or breaking stone
- lunar month — month (def 5).
- lunar-month — Also called calendar month. any of the twelve parts, as January or February, into which the calendar year is divided.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- manure heap — a pile of animal excreta, esp on a farm, kept for use as fertiliser
- marlborough — John Churchill, 1st Duke of, Churchill, John, 1st Duke of Marlborough.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- megatherium — An extinct giant ground sloth of the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs in America, reaching a height of 16 feet (5 m) when standing erect.
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- meshuggener — Crazy, insane.
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- mole-hunter — a person who hunts for moles
- monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
- motherhouse — The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
- motor-mouth — a person who is a constant or irrepressible talker.
- motormouths — Plural form of motormouth.
- mouth guard — protective shield for teeth