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16-letter words containing h, p, u

  • spanish bluebell — a bulbous plant, Endymion hispanicus, of the lily family, native to Spain and Portugal, having blue, white, or pink, bell-shaped flowers.
  • spanish chestnut — Castanea sativa
  • speech community — the aggregate of all the people who use a given language or dialect.
  • spiritual healer — a faith healer
  • splanchnopleural — the double layer formed by the association of the lower layer of the lateral plate of mesoderm with the underlying entoderm, which develops into the embryonic viscera.
  • stannic sulphide — an insoluble solid compound of tin usually existing as golden crystals or as a yellowish-brown powder: used as a pigment. Formula: SnS2
  • stephen f austin — Alfred, 1835–1913, English poet: poet laureate 1896–1913.
  • subtropical high — one of several highs, as the Azores and Pacific highs, that prevail over the oceans at latitudes of about 30 degrees N and S. Also called subtropical anticyclone. Compare high (def 37).
  • sulfarsphenamine — a yellow, water-soluble, arsenic-containing powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 As 2 N 2 Na 2 O 8 S 2 , formerly used in the treatment of syphilis.
  • sulphur trioxide — a white corrosive substance existing in three crystalline forms of which the stable (alpha-) form is usually obtained as silky needles. It is produced by the oxidation of sulphur dioxide, and is used in the sulphonation of organic compounds. Formula: SO3
  • sulu archipelago — an island group in the SW Philippines, separating the Sulawesi Sea from the Sulu Sea. 1086 sq. mi. (2813 sq. km). Capital: Jolo.
  • superheavyweight — an amateur boxer weighing more than 91 kg
  • swash plate pump — a collar or face plate on a shaft that is inclined at an oblique angle to the axis of rotation and imparts reciprocating motion to push rods parallel to the shaft axis
  • sweet pepperbush — a shrub, Clethra alnifolia, of the eastern and southern coastal U.S., having numerous erect clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
  • telephone number — digits dialled to reach sb by phone
  • the first couple — the US president and their spouse
  • the gospel truth — the unquestionable truth
  • the preconscious — preconscious mental activity
  • the public purse — money from or controlled by the government
  • the supernatural — supernatural forces, occurrences, and beings collectively or their realm
  • three-piece suit — men's formal outfit
  • three-point turn — When the driver of a vehicle does a three-point turn, he or she turns the vehicle by driving forwards in a curve, then backwards in a curve, and then forwards in a curve.
  • through-composed — having different music for each verse: a through-composed song. Compare strophic (def 2).
  • to pass the buck — If you pass the buck, you refuse to accept responsibility for something, and say that someone else is responsible.
  • to put sth right — If you put something right, you correct something that was wrong or that was causing problems.
  • turn up the heat — to increase the intensity of activity, coercion, etc
  • twofold purchase — a purchase using a double standing block and a double running block so as to give a mechanical advantage of four or five, neglecting friction, depending on whether the hauling is on the standing block or the running block.
  • typhoid bacillus — the bacterium Salmonella typhosa, causing typhoid fever.
  • un-reprehensible — deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure; blameworthy.
  • unaccomplishable — to bring to its goal or conclusion; carry out; perform; finish: to accomplish one's mission.
  • uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
  • under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
  • underpitch vault — a construction having a central vault intersected by vaults of lower pitch.
  • union membership — members of a trade union
  • unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
  • up to the elbows — deeply engaged (in work, etc.)
  • up with the lark — up early in the morning
  • up-to-the-minute — extending to the present moment, as information, facts, or style: an up-to-the-minute news report.
  • upper atmosphere — the portion of the atmosphere above the troposphere.
  • upper lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
  • water chinquapin — an American lotus, Nelumbo lutea, having pale-yellow flowers and an edible seed.
  • well-upholstered — (of a person) fat
  • whited sepulcher — an evil person who feigns goodness; hypocrite. Matt. 23:27.
  • whited sepulchre — hypocrite
  • with due respect — with deserved esteem
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