11-letter words containing h, p, s, u
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- dope pusher — pusher (def 2).
- drug pusher — someone who encourages others to take illegal drugs and who makes money supplying illegal drugs
- dumpishness — the state of being downhearted and dejected
- emphyteusis — a continual right in a property that belongs to another
- endophagous — relating to endophagy
- ensepulcher — (transitive) To lay in a sepulcher; to entomb.
- ensepulchre — to place into a sepulchre
- epignathous — having a protruding upper jaw
- epiphyllous — (of plants) growing on, or attached to, the leaf of another plant
- episulphide — (organic chemistry) A class of organic compound analogous to epoxides in which a sulphur atom replaces the oxygen.
- epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
- eriophorous — relating to cotton grass
- euphausiids — Plural form of euphausiid.
- euphemistic — Using or of the nature of a euphemism.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- god help us — If you say God help us, you mean that you have negative feelings about the person or situation you are talking about.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- harrumphers — Plural form of harrumpher.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- helpfulness — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
- hemipterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hemiptera, an order of insects having forewings that are thickened and leathery at the base and membranous at the apex, comprising the true bugs.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heptamerous — consisting of or divided into seven parts.
- heptandrous — (of a flower) having seven stamens
- hermoupolis — a port in Greece, capital of Cyclades department, on the E coast of Syros Island. Pop: (municipality): 13 496 (2001)
- herpesvirus — a DNA-containing virus of the family Herpesviridae, certain members of which cause such diseases in humans as oral and genital herpes, infectious mononucleosis, chickenpox, and shingles.
- hertzsprung — Ejnar (ˈəɪnar). 1873–1967, Danish astronomer: he discovered the existence of giant and dwarf stars, originating one form of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
- hesperidium — the fruit of a citrus plant, as an orange.
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- 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
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
- homophilous — Homophilic.
- homophonous — identical in pronunciation.
- homopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Homoptera, an order of insects closely related to the hemipterous insects (in some classifications a suborder of Hemiptera) but having membranous forewings and hind wings, including the aphids, cicadas, leafhoppers, planthoppers, and scale insects.
- homosporous — having the spores of one kind only.
- hopefulness — full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
- hoppus foot — unit of volume for round timber
- house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
- 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.
- house-proud — taking pride in one's house and housekeeping.
- housekeeper — a person, often hired, who does or directs the domestic work and planning necessary for a home, as cleaning or buying food.