12-letter words containing s, r, u
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- humorousness — (uncountable) The state or quality of being humorous.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hurry-scurry — headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.
- hurtlessness — harmlessness; innocence
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- hypochlorous — of or derived from hypochlorous acid.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- illuminators — Plural form of illuminator.
- illusoriness — causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- illustrating — Present participle of illustrate.
- illustration — something that illustrates, as a picture in a book or magazine.
- illustrative — serving to illustrate; explanatory: illustrative examples.
- illustrators — Plural form of illustrator.
- illustratory — Serving to illustrate.
- immatureness — not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc.
- immaturities — Plural form of immaturity.
- immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immeasurably — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
- immensurable — immeasurable.
- immune serum — a serum containing naturally or artificially produced antibodies to a given antigen, obtained from human or animal sources.
- imperviously — In an impervious manner; impenetrably; impermeably.
- implicatures — Plural form of implicature.
- imprest fund — a fund of petty cash.
- in a measure — to an extent
- in course of — in the process of
- in our midst — among us
- inaccuracies — Plural form of inaccuracy.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- inclusive or — the connective that gives the value true to a disjunction if either or both of the disjuncts are true
- incrustation — an incrusting or being incrusted.
- incumbrances — Plural form of incumbrance.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.