11-letter words containing u, l, m
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- grey mullet — any teleost food fish of the family Mugilidae, mostly occurring in coastal regions, having a spindle-shaped body and a broad fleshy mouth
- ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gumbo-limbo — a tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, having reddish bark and yielding a sweet, aromatic resin used in varnishes.
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- harmfulness — causing or capable of causing harm; injurious: a harmful idea; a harmful habit.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms
- helmut kohl — Helmut [hel-moo t] /ˈhɛl mʊt/ (Show IPA), born 1930, German political leader: chancellor of West Germany (1982–90); chancellor of Germany 1990–98.
- hemicyclium — a sundial in the form of a concave quarter sphere having a rodlike gnomon lying within one radius and marked on its surface with arcs that lie in the same plane as the gnomon.
- 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.
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- holman hunt — (James Henry) Leigh [lee] /li/ (Show IPA), 1784–1859, English essayist, poet, and editor.
- homebuilder — a person whose occupation is homebuilding.
- homo-sexual — Older Use: Sometimes Disparaging. sexually attracted to members of one's own sex: homosexual students.
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- homophilous — Homophilic.
- homosexuals — Plural form of homosexual.
- humbuggable — capable of being humbugged
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- humiliative — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- humourously — (UK, uncommon, nonstandard) alternative spelling of humorously.
- illuminable — capable of being illuminated.
- illuminance — illumination (def 6).
- illuminants — Plural form of illuminant.
- illuminated — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illuminates — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illuminator — a person or thing that illuminates.
- illusionism — a technique of using pictorial methods in order to deceive the eye. Compare trompe l'oeil.
- immunologic — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- impactfully — In an impactful fashion.
- imperiously — domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing: an imperious manner; an imperious person.
- impetuously — of, relating to, or characterized by sudden or rash action, emotion, etc.; impulsive: an impetuous decision; an impetuous person.
- implausible — not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi.
- implausibly — In an implausible or dubious manner.
- implicature — potential inference that is not logical entailment.
- importunely — (obsolete) In an importune manner.
- imprudently — Without prudence; in an imprudent manner.
- impulse buy — spur-of-the-moment purchase
- impulsively — actuated or swayed by emotional or involuntary impulses: an impulsive child.