12-letter words containing h, o, u, s
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- custom house — a government office, esp at a port, where customs are collected and ships cleared for entry
- customhouses — Plural form of customhouse.
- customs shed — a large building in which customs officers carry out customs inspections
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- dasyphyllous — (of leaves) hairy or woolly
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- discotheques — Plural form of discotheque.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- doll's house — a miniature house the scale of children's dolls.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- douglas-home — Alexander Frederick (Baron Home of the Hirsel) 1903–1995, British statesman and politician: prime minister 1963–64.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- duplex house — a house having separate apartments for two families, especially a two-story house having a complete apartment on each floor and two separate entrances.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- engine house — a building in which engines, as fire engines, railroad locomotives, etc., are housed
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- ethosuximide — A particular anticonvulsant drug.
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- exophthalmus — Alt form exophthalmos.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- forasmuch as — since