12-letter words containing s, h, u, m, e
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- mushroomlike — Having the form or characteristics of a mushroom.
- mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
- musk thistle — a composite plant, Carduus nutans, having heads of nodding, rose-purple flowers, introduced into the U.S. from Eurasia.
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- 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.
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- schussboomer — a skier who is skilled at schussing.
- see the menu — When a customer asks to see the menu, they ask you to bring them a copy of the menu.
- 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
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- shoot-'em-up — a motion-picture or television program that emphasizes gunplay, action, and often violence.
- 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.
- stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- summer house — outbuilding used for leisure
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- sumphishness — stupidity, sulkiness
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
- the munchies — a craving for food, esp when induced by alcohol or drugs
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- thumb-sucker — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- thunderstorm — a transient storm of lightning and thunder, usually with rain and gusty winds, sometimes with hail or snow, produced by cumulonimbus clouds.
- thutmose iii — flourished c1475 b.c, Egyptian ruler: conqueror of the Middle East.
- touch system — a system of typing in which each finger is assigned to one or more keys, thereby enabling a person to type without looking at the keyboard.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
- ubermenschen — superman (def 2).
- unadmonished — not admonished, counselled, or warned
- unbesmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- undiminished — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.