13-letter words containing u, r, l, e
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
- harlequinades — Plural form of harlequinade.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- heart failure — a condition in which the heart fatally ceases to function.
- heart trouble — cardiac condition
- hepatojugular — (medicine) Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.
- hercules-club — Also called Southern prickly ash. a prickly tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis, of the rue family, having a medicinal bark and berries.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- heteroclitous — heteroclite
- heterosexuals — Plural form of heterosexual.
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- hilariousness — The characteristic of being hilarious; hilarity.
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- holosericeous — covered with short, silky hairs.
- holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
- homework club — an after-school club where students can stay to do their homework
- homofullerene — (chemistry) Any of various compounds formally derived from a fullerene by the insertion of a methylene group between adjacent carbon atoms.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hourly worker — an employee who is paid an hourly rate rather than a fixed salary
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- house trailer — a trailer fitted with accommodations for sleeping, eating, washing, etc.
- household art — any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.
- huckleberries — Plural form of huckleberry.
- humorlessness — The state, quality, or condition of lacking humor.
- hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
- hunter-killer — of or relating to a combined naval air and fleet force operating to seek out and destroy enemy submarines.
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hypervascular — pertaining to, composed of, or provided with vessels or ducts that convey fluids, as blood, lymph, or sap.
- hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- ideal mixture — An ideal mixture is a mixture in which the concentration of any part taken from it is the same as the average for the whole.
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- illuminometer — an instrument for measuring illumination.
- illustratable — Capable of being illustrated.
- imperturbable — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- imperturbably — incapable of being upset or agitated; not easily excited; calm: imperturbable composure.
- importunately — urgent or persistent in solicitation, sometimes annoyingly so.
- imputrescible — not liable to decomposition or putrefaction; incorruptible: a tanning process to make skins imputrescible.
- inarticulated — Not articulated; not connected by a joint.