12-letter words containing h, u, a, s, t
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- 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.
- 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.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
- rush matting — a floor covering made from rushes (plants of the genus Juncus)
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- sail through — If someone or something sails through a difficult situation or experience, they deal with it easily and successfully.
- saint hubert — a borough in S Quebec, Canada, just E of Montreal.
- saint-hubert — town in S Quebec, Canada: part of metropolitan Montreal: pop. 77,000
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
- scratchbuilt — describing something which has been constructed by scratchbuilding
- scutch grass — Bermuda grass.
- shamateurism — a sports term referring to a state in which an athlete is classified as an amateur but acts like a professional, usually by raising money
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shawl tongue — kiltie (def 3).
- short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
- shuttlecraft — space shuttle.
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- sivapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene primates of Asia that resemble the modern orangutan.
- slaughterman — a person employed to kill animals in a slaughterhouse
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.