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12-letter words containing h, p, u

  • monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
  • monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
  • moo shu pork — a Chinese dish made of shredded pork and vegetables and beaten eggs, sautéed and usually served in a crêpe with hoisin sauce
  • mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
  • 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.
  • musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
  • mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
  • mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
  • naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
  • naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
  • necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
  • necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
  • necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
  • neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
  • neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
  • neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
  • neurotrophic — of or relating to the effect of nerves on the nutritive processes.
  • neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
  • neutrophilic — (of a cell or its contents) readily stained only by neutral dyes.
  • neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
  • neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
  • new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
  • nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
  • not much cop — If you say that something is not much cop, you mean that it is not very good, and is disappointing.
  • np-hilarious — (humour)   An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
  • nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
  • nucleophilic — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
  • oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
  • ombrophilous — (of plants) tolerant of wet conditions
  • ombrophobous — (of plants) not able to tolerate wet conditions
  • on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.
  • open-mouthed — having the mouth open.
  • ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
  • ophiophagous — eating snakes.
  • oreopithecus — a genus of fossil primate from the Miocene coal deposits of Italy, formerly considered to be a possible hominid.
  • orthopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Orthoptera, an order of insects, including the cockroaches, mantids, walking sticks, crickets, grasshoppers, and katydids, characterized by leathery forewings, membranous hind wings, and chewing mouthparts.
  • orthotropous — Botany. (of an ovule) straight and symmetrical, with the chalaza at the evident base and the micropyle at the opposite extremity.
  • out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
  • out of shape — person: unfit
  • outpouchings — Plural form of outpouching.
  • over-helpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
  • overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
  • pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • pack a punch — be powerful
  • 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.
  • packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
  • panhellenium — an institution founded by the Roman Emperor Hadrian idealizing Greece's Classical history
  • pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
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