12-letter words containing h, p, u
- thiosulphate — any salt of thiosulphuric acid
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- trachypterus — a dealfish or ribbonfish
- tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- triumphalism — triumphant spirit or character.
- triumphalist — Triumphalist behaviour is behaviour in which politicians or organizations celebrate a victory or a great success, especially when this is intended to upset the people they have defeated.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
- typhus-fever — an acute, infectious disease caused by several species of Rickettsia, transmitted by lice and fleas, and characterized by acute prostration, headache, and a peculiar eruption of reddish spots on the body.
- unalphabetic — in the order of the letters of the alphabet: alphabetical arrangement.
- unapproached — not approached; not able to be approached or neared
- unchaperoned — not chaperoned; not accompanied by a chaperone
- undeciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- undispatched — not dispatched; not delivered or sent out
- unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
- uneuphonious — pleasant in sound; agreeable to the ear; characterized by euphony: a sweet, euphonious voice.
- unhospitable — not hospitable
- unhyphenated — without a hyphen
- unperishable — imperishable
- unpolishable — incapable of being made smooth or shiny
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unpunishable — not able to be punished
- unpunishably — in an unpunishable manner
- unreproached — not reproached, criticized, or scolded
- unsepulchred — not sepulchred
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.
- up the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- up the spout — If you say that something is up the spout, you mean that it is wrong or it is no longer working.
- up the wazoo — the anus.
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- upright bass — double bass
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- virtuosoship — the condition of being a virtuoso; the activities of a virtuoso
- viscountship — the position of being a viscount
- white lupine — any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Lupinus, of the legume family, as L. albus (white lupine) of Europe, bearing edible seeds, or L. perennis, of the eastern U.S., having tall, dense clusters of blue, pink, or white flowers.
- white plague — tuberculosis, especially pulmonary tuberculosis.
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.