12-letter words containing e, u, p, h, r
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- sprachgefuhl — a sensitivity to language, especially for what is grammatically or idiomatically acceptable in a given language.
- stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
- sucker punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- sucker-punch — to strike (someone) with an unexpected blow.
- super-sleuth — a detective. Synonyms: investigator, private investigator; private eye, gumshoe, shamus.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superathlete — a highly accomplished athlete, an exceptional athlete
- supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
- supercharger — a mechanism for forcing air into an internal-combustion engine in order to increase engine power.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- te rauparaha — ?1768–1849, Māori warrior chief, head of the Ngāti Toa tribe and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi; noted for his cunning and his prowess in battle, he is also credited with composing "Ka Mate", the All Blacks' usual pre-match haka
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- telautograph — a telegraphic device for reproducing handwriting, drawings, etc, the movements of an electromagnetically controlled pen at one end being transmitted along a line to a similar pen at the receiving end
- téléphérique — a cableway
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- unperishable — imperishable
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- up the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.