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12-letter words containing h, p, a, u, l

  • hautes-alpes — a department in SE France. 2179 sq. mi. (5645 sq. km). Capital: Gap.
  • humble plant — sensitive plant (def 1).
  • hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
  • hypermutable — Of or in a state in which mutation is abnormally frequent.
  • hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
  • hypertextual — Of or relating to hypertext.
  • hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
  • hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
  • john paul ii — (Karol Wojtyla) 1920–2005, Polish ecclesiastic: pope 1978–2005.
  • launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
  • laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
  • lithophagous — swallowing or feeding on stones
  • luteal phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, lasting about two weeks, from ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual flow.
  • mallophagous — of or relating to any wingless insect of the order Mallophaga
  • melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
  • microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
  • monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
  • multipathing — (computing) A network facility providing fault tolerance and load-spreading for network interface cards, each interface being assigned a static
  • murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
  • np-hilarious — (humour)   An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
  • oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
  • ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
  • packed lunch — A packed lunch is food, for example sandwiches, which you take to work, to school, or on a trip and eat as your lunch.
  • panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
  • parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
  • pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • photo layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
  • photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
  • pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
  • planing hull — a hull that tends to rise from the water when under way so that no significant amount of water is displaced beyond a certain speed.
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
  • pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
  • plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
  • polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
  • 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.
  • 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
  • prothalamium — prothalamion.
  • psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
  • pulp chamber — the crown portion of the pulp cavity.
  • 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 patch — If someone, especially a sports player or team, goes through a purple patch, they are very successful or lucky for a period.
  • puzzleheaded — having, deriving from, or characterized by confused thoughts or ideas.
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
  • schuman plan — the plan for establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, proposed by Robert Schuman, French political leader, in 1950.
  • scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
  • sheep laurel — a small E North American plant (Kalmia angustifolia) of the heath family, with pinkish flowers and evergreen leaves poisonous to sheep and other animals
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