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12-letter words containing h, u, m, p

  • show jumping — sport: horseriding event
  • shrimp sauce — a sauce made from shrimps
  • skeuomorphic — an ornament or design on an object copied from a form of the object when made from another material or by other techniques, as an imitation metal rivet mark found on handles of prehistoric pottery.
  • stomach pump — a suction pump for removing the contents of the stomach, used especially in cases of poisoning.
  • stump speech — a political campaign speech, especially one made on a campaign tour.
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sumphishness — stupidity, sulkiness
  • super-smooth — dead-smooth.
  • superhumeral — an ecclesiastical vestment worn over the shoulders
  • team up with — join forces with
  • thermocouple — a device that consists of the junction of two dissimilar metallic conductors, as copper and iron, in which an electromotive force is induced when the conductors are maintained at different temperatures, the force being related to the temperature difference: used to determine the temperature of a third substance by connecting it to the junction of the metals and measuring the electromotive force produced.
  • tramping hut — a hut in the bush for the use of trampers
  • 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.
  • tub-thumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
  • unemphasized — to give emphasis to; lay stress upon; stress: to emphasize a point; to emphasize the eyes with mascara.
  • xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.
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