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

  • picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
  • pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
  • plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
  • pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
  • pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
  • polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
  • pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
  • port hueneme — a city in S California.
  • pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
  • prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
  • prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
  • preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
  • press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
  • proudhearted — full of pride.
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • pseudosphere — a surface generated by revolving a tractrix about its asymptote.
  • 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 beech — copper beech.
  • purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
  • 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 heron — an Old World heron, Ardea purpurea, having maroon, buff, and black plumage.
  • purple patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • put it there — You say 'Put it there!' to someone when you are asking them to shake hands with you, because you agree with them or want to congratulate them.
  • put together — assemble
  • 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.
  • queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
  • 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).
  • refreshfully — in a refreshful manner; refreshingly
  • refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
  • refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
  • reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
  • relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • relinquisher — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
  • rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
  • return match — sport: second game between same teams
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