11-letter words containing r, u, h
- 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.
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lutheranism — of or relating to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- 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
- mouth organ — harmonica (def 1).
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mu shu pork — moo shu pork
- multiauthor — having numerous or many authors
- 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
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mushrooming — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers
- nailbrushes — Plural form of nailbrush.
- naturopaths — Plural form of naturopath.
- naturopathy — a system or method of treating disease that employs no surgery or synthetic drugs but uses special diets, herbs, vitamins, massage, etc., to assist the natural healing processes.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neural arch — a bony or cartilaginous arch resting on the chief part of each vertebra and forming a tunnel through which the nerve cord passes
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neurohumour — a chemical substance secreted by nerve endings; a neurohormone, particularly a neurotransmitter
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- neurotrophy — the influence of the nerves on the nutrition and maintenance of body tissue.
- neutrophile — (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH.
- neutrophils — Plural form of neutrophil.