11-letter words containing r, u, h
- hard rubber — rubber vulcanized with a large amount of sulfur, usually 25–35 percent, to render it stiff and comparatively inflexible.
- hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardmouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harquebuses — Plural form of harquebus.
- harrumphers — Plural form of harrumpher.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- haute-marne — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- head injury — wound to the head
- head-hunter — a person who engages in headhunting.
- headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
- headhunters — Plural form of headhunter.
- headquarter — to situate in headquarters.
- heartstruck — Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heliculture — the science or occupation of raising snails for food.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- 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.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- herbivorous — feeding on plants.
- 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.
- hereinunder — In and under this (of a clause to follow later in a document, etc.).
- 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)
- heroin user — a person who regularly takes the drug heroin, who may or may not be addicted to it
- herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- heteroauxin — indoleacetic acid.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high church — pertaining to the view or practice in the Anglican church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition, especially in adherence to sacraments, rituals, and obedience to church authority.
- high colour — (hardware) A colour depth of 16 (or 15) bits per pixel. Compare true colour.