11-letter words containing r, h, e, u, m
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- herculaneum — an ancient city in SW Italy, on the Bay of Naples: buried along with Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79; partially excavated.
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- high jumper — a participant in the high jump.
- high summer — High summer is the middle of summer.
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- homeomerous — showing or relating to homeomery; consisting of similar parts
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- hormigueros — a city in W Puerto Rico, S of Mayagüez.
- 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.
- humoresques — Plural form of humoresque.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hyperimmune — protected from a disease or the like, as by inoculation.
- hypernymous — Having the qualities of a hypernym.
- jure humano — by human law.
- khmer rouge — a Cambodian guerrilla and rebel force and political opposition movement, originally Communist and Communist-backed.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- motherhouse — The monastery from which the other 'houses' of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly) founded, often eponymous.
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- multichrome — chromium.
- murder hunt — a search for a murderer
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives