11-letter words containing m, u, s, h
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- inhumanness — Quality of being inhuman.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- 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.
- itsukushima — an island off the SW coast of Japan, in the Inland Sea: ancient Shinto shrine.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- lithodomous — living in rock or stone
- lithotomous — of or relating to the surgical removal of a stone from the bladder
- lukewarmish — fairly or somewhat lukewarm
- lumpishness — The property of being lumpish.
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- manor house — the house of the lord of a manor.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- medium shot — a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen. Compare closeup (def 2), long shot (def 3).
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- melon shrub — pepino (def 2).
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- meshuggeneh — an insane or stupid person
- meshuggener — Crazy, insane.
- mesophilous — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesothelium — epithelium of mesodermal origin, which lines the body cavities.
- mesothorium — one of two radioactive decay products of thorium, an isotope of radium or actinium.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- minus sight — a foresight used in leveling.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- monophagous — feeding on only one kind of food.
- monorhinous — having a single, median nostril, as the cyclostomes.
- most-jutish — a member of a continental Germanic tribe, probably from Jutland, that invaded Britain in the 5th century a.d. and settled in Kent.
- motherhouse — The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
- motormouths — Plural form of motormouth.
- mount athos — a mountainous peninsula in NE Greece: location of the Monastic Republic of Mount Athos, an autonomous administrative division of Greece since 1927; inhabited by Eastern Orthodox monks in about 20 monasteries, some founded in the 10th century; prohibited to women and children. Pop: 1942 (2001)
- mouse ahead — The point-and-click analog of "type ahead". To manipulate a computer's pointing device (almost always a mouse in this usage, but not necessarily) and its selection or command buttons before a computer program is ready to accept such input, in anticipation of the program accepting the input. Handling this properly is rare, but it can help make a WIMP environment much more usable, assuming the users are familiar with the behaviour of the user interface.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- movie house — a motion-picture theater.
- mu shu pork — moo shu pork
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multischeme — An implementation of Multilisp built on MIT's C-Scheme, for the BBN Butterfly.
- multitheism — The existence of multiple forms of theism, as in a society.
- multitheist — Of or pertaining to multitheism.