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12-letter words containing c, h, u, r

  • office hours — hours when a business is open
  • orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
  • orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
  • ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
  • orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
  • out of reach — beyond arm's length
  • outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
  • overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • overscutched — overworked; worn out
  • pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
  • perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • photoproduct — any product which is produced by a chemical reaction that uses light or other electromagnetic radiation to increase energy of particles
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • picture show — motion picture.
  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
  • pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
  • pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
  • pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
  • 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.
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • purple beech — copper beech.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • 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.
  • quartz watch — a watch that is operated by the vibrations of a quartz crystal controlled by a microcircuit
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • rabbit hutch — a cage, usually of wood and wire mesh, for keeping domestic or pet rabbits in
  • rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
  • reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • return match — sport: second game between same teams
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