12-letter words containing r, h, u, m
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
- ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- out of humor — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- perinephrium — the capsule of connective tissue that envelops the kidney.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phone number — of individual, business
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rich mixture — A rich mixture is a fuel/air mixture containing an excessive proportion of fuel.
- romp through — If you romp through something, you do it or deal with it quickly and easily.
- rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
- rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- short column — a column whose relative dimensions ensure that when it is overloaded it fails by crushing, rather than buckling
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- sorghum beer — beer made from sorghum or millet
- southernmost — farthest south.
- summer house — outbuilding used for leisure
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.