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12-letter words containing e, u, h, a, r

  • 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.
  • pure-hearted — (of a person) without malice, treachery, or evil intent; honest; sincere; guileless.
  • purple heart — a medal awarded for wounds received in action against an enemy or as a direct result of an act of the enemy.
  • purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
  • quarter-hour — a period of 15 minutes.
  • quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
  • ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
  • raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
  • rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
  • re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
  • read-through — reading (def 1).
  • return match — sport: second game between same teams
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
  • road haulage — transport of goods by road
  • road haulier — a person who owns or works for a road haulage company; a trucker
  • router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
  • run to earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
  • 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.
  • safe harbour — a place that offers protection from the weather, attack, etc
  • saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
  • saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
  • sarrusophone — a metal double-reed wind instrument with a conical bore, related to the oboe and used especially in military bands.
  • schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
  • shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
  • sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
  • sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
  • 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.
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • 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.
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
  • slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
  • south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
  • south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • southeastern — from the south east
  • sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
  • square shake — square deal.
  • squarishness — the condition or quality of being somewhat square
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