12-letter words containing h, u, t, e, r, i
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
- rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
- 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
- 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
- spiderhunter — any of several sunbirds of the genus Arachnothera, of southern Asia and the East Indies, having dull-colored plumage and a long bill.
- summerweight — (of clothes) suitable in weight for wear in the summer; relatively light
- superheating — Superheating of steam is raising its temperature to well above boiling point.
- technicolour — brightly, showily, or garishly coloured; vividly noticeable
- téléphérique — a cableway
- telharmonium — a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.
- the big four — a small powerful group, as of banks, companies, etc, esp the four largest banks in Britain (Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, and NatWest)
- the crucible — a Sheffield theatre, venue of the annual world professional snooker championship
- the jurassic — the Jurassic period or rock system
- the pictures — a cinema or film show
- the silurian — the Silurian period or rock system
- therapeutics — a therapeutic substance.
- therapeutist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- thermal unit — a unit of heat energy or of the equivalent of heat energy in work.
- three-suiter — a man's suitcase or garment bag of a size to hold three suits.
- through-line — a theme or idea that runs from the beginning to the end of a book, film, etc
- thunderstick — bull-roarer.
- tourist home — a private home with rooms for rent, usually for one night, to tourists, travelers, etc.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- unaffrighted — to frighten.
- unauthorized — lacking permission; unsanctioned: unauthorized access.
- uncharitable — deficient in charity; unkind; harsh; unforgiving; censorious; merciless: an uncharitable attitude; an uncharitable neighbor.
- unchristened — not christened
- undershirted — wearing an undershirt
- unfrightened — not frightened
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unprohibited — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
- unrhetorical — not rhetorical; literal; plainspoken
- unworthiness — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- up the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- white hunter — a white man who acts as guide on African safaris and hunting expeditions.
- white liquor — (in making wood pulp for paper) the chemicals used to digest the wood, basically sodium hydroxide and sodium hyposulfite.
- white russia — Belorussia
- white spruce — a spruce, Picea glauca, of northern North America, having bluish-green needles and silvery-brown bark.
- white turnip — the turnip, Brassica rapa.
- white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.