11-letter words containing r, u, h
- rhamnaceous — belonging to the Rhamnaceae, the buckthorn family of plants.
- rhesus baby — a baby suffering from haemolytic disease at birth as its red blood cells (which are Rh positive) have been attacked in the womb by antibodies from its Rh negative mother
- rheumaticky — affected with rheumatism
- rhizanthous — bearing flowers directly from the root.
- rhizomatous — a rootlike subterranean stem, commonly horizontal in position, that usually produces roots below and sends up shoots progressively from the upper surface.
- rhomboideus — either of two back muscles that function to move the scapula.
- rideau hall — (in Canada) the official residence of the Governor General, in Ottawa
- right about — the position assumed by turning about to the right so as to face in the opposite direction.
- right stuff — the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring (usually preceded by the).
- righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
- rinthereout — a vagrant or homeless person
- ritual bath — a mikvah.
- river-mouth — an estuary
- rock thrush — any of several Old World thrushes of the genus Monticola, usually having bluish plumage, especially M. saxatilis, of Europe.
- roman punch — a lemon-water ice flavored with rum or other alcoholic beverage.
- rough draft — writing: unfinished version
- rough edges — lack of refinement
- rough lemon — a variety of lemon that has orange-yellow, rough-skinned fruit and is used as a rootstock for the cultivation of other citrus fruits.
- rough music — (formerly) a loud cacophony created with tin pans, drums, etc, esp as a protest or demonstration of indignation outside someone's house
- rough paper — paper that is used for writing a rough copy
- rough stuff — violence, as physical assault, torture or shooting.
- rough trade — male homosexual prostitution, especially involving brutality or sadism.
- rough-house — rough, disorderly playing, especially indoors.
- roughing-in — the act or process of applying a base coat of plaster to a masonry surface.
- roundarched — having semicircular arches
- roundheaded — (of a person) possessing a round head; brachycephalic.
- route march — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- royal flush — the five highest cards of a suit.
- rubbish bag — a plastic bag for the disposal of household rubbish
- rubbish bin — trash can
- rubbish tip — dump for refuse
- rude health — If someone is in rude health, they are strong and healthy.
- rudesheimer — any of the Rheingau wines from the vineyards near Rüdesheim, a town on the Rhine River in W Germany.
- rue the day — If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
- rufter hood — a temporary, loosely fitted hood used on newly captured hawks.
- rugby shirt — a knitted pullover sport shirt usually in bold horizontal stripes and having a white collar and neckline placket, styled after the shirts traditionally worn by the members of Rugby teams.
- run through — an act or instance, or a period of running: a five-minute run before breakfast.
- run-through — the performing of a sequence of designated actions, especially as a trial prior to actual performance; rehearsal; practice.
- rush candle — a candle made from a dried, partly peeled rush that has been dipped in grease.
- rush family — the plant family Juncaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having narrow, grasslike leaves, small and greenish flowers, and capsular fruit with three compartments, comprising the true rushes.
- russophobia — an intense and often irrational hatred for Russia, or esp the former Soviet Union, its political system, etc
- saltchucker — a saltwater angler
- sarcophagus — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
- scaramouche — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- scarborough — a seaport in North Yorkshire, in NE England.
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
- scrub brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles for scrubbing.