12-letter words containing h, o, u, s
- bird's mouth — a right-angled notch cut in the underside of a rafter for fitting over a longitudinal member, as a wall plate.
- boiler house — a building housing a boiler
- bonus scheme — a scheme in a company or other organization according to which employees receive a bonus if they meet specified targets
- bottom house — the open space beneath a house built upon high pillars
- bounce flash — a flash lamp designed to produce a bounced flash.
- bourne shell — (sh, Shellish). The original command-line interpreter shell and script language for Unix written by S.R. Bourne of Bell Laboratories in 1978. sh has been superseded for interactive use by the Berkeley C shell, csh but still widely used for writing shell scripts. There were even earlier shells, see glob. [Details?]
- bow thruster — a propeller located in a ship's bow to provide added maneuverability, as when docking.
- brachycerous — (of insects) having short antennae
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- bridge house — a deckhouse including a bridge or bridges for navigation.
- bristlemouth — any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
- brush border — a layer of tightly packed minute finger-like protuberances on cells that line absorptive surfaces, such as those of the intestine and kidney
- brush flower — a flower or inflorescence with numerous long stamens, usually pollinated by birds or bats
- buffalo fish — any of a genus (Ictiobus) of large, humpbacked, freshwater sucker fishes found in North America
- butcher shop — a shop in which meat, poultry, and sometimes fish are sold.
- butterscotch — Butterscotch is a hard yellowish-brown sweet made from butter and sugar boiled together.
- cacophonious — cacophonous
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- carbon brush — a small block of carbon used to convey current between the stationary and moving parts of an electric generator, motor, etc
- carpophagous — feeding on fruit
- cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
- cash journal — cashbook.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
- chasmogamous — pertaining to or having pollination occur in a fully opened flower.
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- chorus pedal — an electronic device that creates the effect of more than one sound from a single source by combining a short delay with slight deviations in pitch
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- chylocaulous — having fleshy stems.
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- close-hauled — with the sails flat, so as to sail as close to the wind as possible
- closemouthed — not talking much; telling little; taciturn
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- coffee house — A coffee house is a kind of bar where people sit to drink coffee and talk. Coffee houses were especially popular in Britain in the 18th century.
- coffeehouses — Plural form of coffeehouse.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- consumership — the state of being a consumer