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13-letter words containing r, h, u, m

  • non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
  • number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
  • nursery rhyme — a short, simple poem or song for very young children, as Hickory Dickory Dock.
  • organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
  • out of humour — in a bad mood
  • over the hump — a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
  • perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
  • pharmaceutics — a pharmaceutical preparation or product.
  • plymouth rock — a rock at Plymouth, Massachusetts, on which the Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower are said to have stepped ashore when they landed in America in 1620.
  • pneumatograph — pneumograph.
  • pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
  • refurbishment — to furbish again; renovate; brighten: to refurbish the lobby.
  • requiem shark — any of numerous, chiefly tropical sharks of the family Carcharhinidae, including the tiger shark and soupfin shark.
  • rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
  • rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
  • rhumb sailing — sea navigation along rhumb lines.
  • rhythm guitar — a guitar used to provide rhythm, particularly during a musical ensemble
  • rogue's march — a derisive tune played to accompany a person's expulsion from a regiment, community, etc.
  • rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
  • rosebud mouth — a mouth that resembles the unopened flower of a rose in shape
  • rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
  • roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
  • rule of thumb — a general or approximate principle, procedure, or rule based on experience or practice, as opposed to a specific, scientific calculation or estimate.
  • rumbledethump — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • run the gamut — The gamut of something is the complete range of things of that kind, or a wide variety of things of that kind.
  • rutherfordium — a superheavy, synthetic, radioactive element with a very short half-life. Symbol: Rf; atomic number: 104.
  • sargassumfish — an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum weed.
  • semester hour — a unit of academic credit fulfilled by completing one hour of class instruction each week for one semester.
  • semifurnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • shear modulus — The shear modulus of a material is how stiff or rigid it is. It is equal to the shear stress divided by the shear strain.
  • shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
  • shoulder arms — to bring the rifle vertically close to the right side with the muzzle uppermost and held at the trigger guard
  • south america — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
  • sprung rhythm — a poetic rhythm characterized by the use of strongly accented syllables, often in juxtaposition, accompanied by an indefinite number of unaccented syllables in each foot, of which the accented syllable is the essential component.
  • summer school — study programs offered by a school, college, or university during the summer to those who wish to obtain their degrees more quickly, who must make up credits, or who wish to supplement their education.
  • summer squash — any of several squashes of the variety Cucurbita pepo melopepo, that mature in the late summer or early autumn and are used as a vegetable in an unripe state, before the rind and seeds become hard.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
  • surge chamber — a chamber for absorbing surge from a liquid or gas.
  • sweet sorghum — sorgo.
  • tauromorphous — having the form of a bull
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • temporal hour — a unit of time used in the Roman and Ottoman empires that divided the daylight into an equal number of hours, resulting in long summer hours and short winter hours.
  • thaumatolatry — the worship of or excessive admiration for marvels and miracles
  • thaumaturgist — a worker of wonders or miracles; magician.
  • the upper arm — the part of the arm between the shoulder and the elbow
  • thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
  • thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
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