12-letter words containing h, p, u
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- pass through — an act of passing.
- pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
- pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
- pentateuchal — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- perichaetium — a leafy cluster (bracts) around the base of the reproductive organs of some plants, predominantly mosses
- perinephrium — the capsule of connective tissue that envelops the kidney.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- pharmaceutic — pertaining to pharmacy or pharmacists.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- phi-function — Euler's phi-function.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- phone number — of individual, business
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- phosphoruses — Phosphor.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- photo layout — a picture spread. See under spread (def 33).
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photoinduced — induced by light.
- photoneutron — a neutron emitted from a nucleus during photodisintegration.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- photophilous — of or relating to an organism, as a plant, that is receptive to, seeks, or thrives in light.
- photoproduct — any product which is produced by a chemical reaction that uses light or other electromagnetic radiation to increase energy of particles
- physostomous — having the mouth and air bladder connected by an air duct.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- picnic lunch — a meal that you take and eat outdoors
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- 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
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- ploughwright — a person who makes ploughs
- 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.