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14-letter words containing u, m, r, a, h

  • harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
  • harriet tubmanHarriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
  • harry s trumanElizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
  • harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
  • health tourism — tourist travel for the purpose of receiving medical treatment or improving health or fitness: The spiraling cost of healthcare has contributed to the growth of medical tourism. Also called health tourism.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • hermann mullerHermann Joseph, 1890–1967, U.S. geneticist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1946.
  • hermaphroditus — a son of Hermes and Aphrodite who merged with the nymph Salmacis to form one body
  • hero's formula — the formula for the area of a triangle when the sides are given: for a triangle with sides a, b, and c, the area is equal to , where s is equal to one half the perimeter of the triangle.
  • heterosomatous — (of fish) having an abnormal or asymmetrical body type
  • hiram woodruffHiram, 1817–67, Canadian driver, trainer, and breeder of harness-racing horses.
  • home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
  • homeward bound — going home
  • housing market — property trade
  • human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • hydraulic ramp — a movable ramp operated by pressure transmitted through a pipe by a liquid
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hyperstimulate — to stimulate excessively
  • hyperuricaemia — an abnormal elevation of uric acid in the blood
  • hyperuricemias — Plural form of hyperuricemia.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
  • isthmus of kra — an isthmus of SW Thailand, between the Bay of Bengal and the Gulf of Thailand: the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. Width: about 56 km (35 miles)
  • jump the shark — any of a group of elongate elasmobranch, mostly marine fishes, certain species of which are large, voracious, and sometimes dangerous to humans.
  • jump the track — to go suddenly off the rails
  • khartoum north — a city in E central Sudan, on the Blue Nile River, opposite Khartoum.
  • khirbet qumran — an archaeological site in W Jordan, near the NW coast of the Dead Sea: Dead Sea Scrolls found here 1947.
  • machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
  • macrocephalous — Having a large head.
  • magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • maid of honour — A maid of honour is the chief bridesmaid at a wedding.
  • malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
  • manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
  • marathon group — an encounter group that meets for an extended period of time, as eight hours to a week, in the belief that the resultant intensity and intimacy will lead to a more open expression of feelings.
  • march fracture — a hairline crack in a bone, especially of a foot or leg, caused by repeated or prolonged stress and often occurring in runners, dancers, and soldiers (march fracture)
  • mare tyrrhenum — (Tyrrhenian Sea) an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • marmalade bush — a shrub, Streptosolen jamesonii, of the nightshade family, native to South America, bearing showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers, grown as an ornamental or houseplant.
  • master butcher — a butcher who is fully qualified to practise his trade and to train others in it
  • mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
  • mauritius hemp — a tropical American plant, Furcraea foetida, having large, fleshy leaves, cultivated as a source of a hemplike fiber.
  • merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
  • metanephridium — (anatomy) A vasiform excretory gland observed in invertebrates, such as annelids, arthropods and molluscs.
  • methoxyflurane — a potent substance, C 3 H 4 Cl 2 F 2 O, used as an analgesic in minor surgical procedures and less frequently as a general anesthetic.
  • michigan rummy — a variety of five hundred rummy in which each player scores his or her melds as played.
  • microcephalous — Microcephalic.
  • milieu therapy — a type of inpatient therapy, used in psychiatric hospitals, involving prescription of particular activities and social interactions according to a patient's emotional and interpersonal needs.
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