10-letter words containing hu
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.
- humbugging — Present participle of humbug.
- humdingers — Plural form of humdinger.
- humdudgeon — an imaginary illness
- hume's law — the philosophical doctrine that an evaluative statement cannot be derived from purely factual premises, often formulated as: one can't derive an "ought" from an "is"
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- humgruffin — a terrible or repulsive person
- humic acid — a brown, melanin-tinted mixture of polymers, found in lignite, peat, and soils, where it acts as a cation exchange agent: used in drilling fluids and inks.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humidified — to make humid.
- humidifier — a device for increasing the amount of water vapor in the air of a room or building, consisting of a container for water and a vaporizer.
- humidifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humidify.
- humidistat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- humidities — Plural form of humidity.
- humiliated — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humiliates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate.
- humiliator — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- humilities — the quality or condition of being humble; modest opinion or estimate of one's own importance, rank, etc.
- hummelling — the process of removing the awns or beards form barley
- humoralism — a theory of the composition and workings of the human body, based on the idea that it was filled with four basic substances, or humours, adopted by Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers.
- humoralist — a person who believes in humoralism
- humoresque — a musical composition of humorous or capricious character.
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humouredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) In the manner of a specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly.
- humourless — (British spelling, Canadian) alternative spelling of humorless.
- humoursome — (archaic) Liable to humours or moods; fickle; ill-tempered.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- humpbacked — having a hump on the back.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hundredths — Plural form of hundredth.
- hung up on — simple past tense and past participle of hang.
- hungriness — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
- hunky-dory — about as well as one could wish or expect; satisfactory; fine; OK.
- hunt board — English Furniture. a semicircular drinking table, often having a groove serving as a guide for coasters and a well for unopened bottles.
- huntiegowk — a fool's errand or a person sent on an April fool's errand
- huntingdon — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- huntington — Collis Potter, 1821–1900, U.S. railroad developer.
- huntmaster — (chiefly, fantasy) The leader of a hunt.
- huntresses — Plural form of huntress.
- huntsville — a city in N Alabama: rocket and missile center.
- huntswoman — Feminine form of huntsman.
- huntswomen — Plural form of huntswoman.
- hurlbarrow — a wheelbarrow
- hurlyburly — (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hursinghar — night jasmine (def 1).
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- husbandage — the fees and commissions of a ship's manager.