12-letter words containing h, a, r, i, u
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- prothalamium — prothalamion.
- 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.
- quarterlight — A small, pivoted, normally triangular, car window that acts as a vent.
- 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.
- radiothorium — a disintegration product of thorium.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
- 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.
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- 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
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- 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
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- south arabia — Protectorate of, a former protectorate of Great Britain in S Arabia, now part of the Republic of Yemen.
- squarishness — the condition or quality of being somewhat square
- straight out — thoroughgoing: a straight-out Democrat.
- straight-out — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- superhelical — of, relating to, or consisting of a superhelix
- 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.
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.