12-letter words containing a, u, d, h
- pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pudding-head — a stupid person
- pumpkin head — a slow or dim-witted person; dunce.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- punched tape — Computers. paper tape.
- pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
- push forward — keep advancing
- put to death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.
- puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
- quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
- quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- road haulage — transport of goods by road
- road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
- running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
- shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
- slumbershade — sleep shade.
- snatch squad — a squad of soldiers or police trained to deal with demonstrations by picking out and arresting the alleged ringleaders
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
- south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
- splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
- spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- sudden death — an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.
- sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
- sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
- sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- talmud torah — (in Europe) a community-supported Jewish elementary school for teaching children Hebrew, Bible, and the fundamentals of Judaism.
- the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
- thought-read — to read someone's mind or psychically know what someone's thoughts are
- thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
- thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
- three-valued — of or relating to propositions having a value other than truth or falsity.