11-letter words containing h, p, a, u
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- depth gauge — a device attached to a drill bit to prevent the hole from exceeding a predetermined depth
- deputy head — a vice-principal
- diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- donut peach — fruit
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- epignathous — having a protruding upper jaw
- epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
- euphausiids — Plural form of euphausiid.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- gang plough — a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- half-duplex — of or relating to the transmission of information in opposite directions but not simultaneously.
- hand puppet — a puppet made of a hollow head sewn or glued to material that fits over the hand, concealing the fingers and thumb, which manipulate it.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- harrumphers — Plural form of harrumpher.
- harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- haute-piece — a standing flange fixed to or formed on a pauldron as a protection for one side of the neck.
- heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- heptangular — having seven angles.
- hippeastrum — any plant of the South American amaryllidaceous genus Hippeastrum: cultivated for their large funnel-shaped typically red flowers
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hippodamous — horse-taming
- houppelande — (in the Middle Ages) a robe or long tunic, belted or with a fitted bodice, usually having full trailing sleeves and often trimmed or lined with fur.
- house party — the guests at such an affair or party: The house party goes sailing today.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house plant — an ornamental plant that is grown indoors or adapts well to indoor culture.
- houseparent — one of a married couple responsible for a group of young people, as students, living in a dormitory, hostel, etc., sometimes acting solely as an advisor, but often serving as host or hostess, chaperon, housekeeper, etc.
- houseplants — Plural form of houseplant.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
- hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
- infraphylum — (taxonomy) A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- ithyphallus — an erect phallus
- john paul i — (Albino Luciani) 1912–78, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1978.