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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.
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