12-letter words containing h, e, r, p, t
- 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.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- veneer patch — a patch made in one of the veneers of a sheet of plywood before layup.
- vortex depth — The vortex depth is the depth below an impeller at which its influence can still be seen in a mixed fluid.
- water splash — a place where a stream runs over a road
- watermanship — the skill, duties, business, etc., of a waterman.
- weather ship — a ship equipped for meteorological observation.
- weatherproof — able to withstand exposure to all kinds of weather.
- weatherstrip — A strip of rubber, metal, or other material used to seal the edges of a door or window against the cold.
- wheeltappers — Plural form of wheeltapper.
- whippletrees — Plural form of whippletree.
- white pepper — a condiment prepared from the husked dried berries of the pepper plant, used either whole or ground.
- white poplar — Also called abele. an Old World poplar, Populus alba, widely cultivated in the U.S., having the underside of the leaves covered with a dense silvery-white down.
- white spirit — White spirit is a colourless liquid that is made from petrol and is used, for example, to make paint thinner or to clean surfaces.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
- xanthopterin — a yellow pigment, C6H5N5O2, found in some butterfly or moth wings or in the urine of mammals
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.
- yachtsperson — A yachtsman or yachtswoman.
- zephyr cloth — a lightweight worsted cloth.
- zephyranthes — any of various bulbous plants belonging to the genus Zephyranthes, of the amaryllis family, as Z. grandiflora, having showy rose or pink flowers.
- zone therapy — a type of massage which works on the theory that specific parts of the foot or palm of the hand are associated with different parts of the body, and that massaging the feet or hands will give the patient relief from disorders in the related part of the body