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

  • grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
  • gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
  • half-century — a period of 100 years.
  • hallucinator — One whose judgment and acts are affected by hallucinations; one who errs on account of his hallucinations.
  • heart urchin — an echinoderm of the order Spatangoida, having an elongate, somewhat heart-shaped outer covering.
  • hippocentaur — Centaur.
  • hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
  • ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
  • khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
  • kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
  • latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
  • launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
  • lecture hall — conference room
  • metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
  • motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
  • out of reach — beyond arm's length
  • perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
  • pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • 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.
  • return match — sport: second game between same teams
  • router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
  • rubber match — rubber2 (def 4)
  • 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
  • scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
  • shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
  • 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.
  • squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash
  • starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
  • starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
  • state church — established church.
  • thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
  • the creature — whiskey or other intoxicating liquor
  • the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
  • therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
  • thread count — thread density of a woven fabric
  • trachomatous — a chronic, contagious infection of the conjunctiva and cornea, characterized by the formation of granulations and scarring and caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.
  • trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
  • transhumance — the seasonal migration of livestock, and the people who tend them, between lowlands and adjacent mountains.
  • tricephalous — with three heads
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