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12-letter words containing h, u

  • antibrachium — (anatomy) alternative spelling of antebrachium.
  • antihumanism — opposition to humanism
  • antiochus iv — ?215–164 bc, Seleucid king of Syria (175–164), who attacked the Jews and provoked the revolt of the Maccabees
  • antique shop — a shop where antiques are sold
  • antirrhinums — Plural form of antirrhinum.
  • anuradhapura — a town in Sri Lanka: ancient capital of Ceylon; site of the sacred bo tree and place of pilgrimage for Buddhists. Pop: 53 151 (2001)
  • anything but — You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case.
  • apache plume — a low shrub, Fallugia paradoxa, of the rose family, of southwestern North America, having white flowers and fruit heads of feathery tufts.
  • arch support — a rigid support placed inside a shoe so that its molded form fits the arch of the foot and relieves strain on the muscles of the foot while walking, standing, etc.
  • arched truss — a truss having an archlike form but unlike a true arch in that it is free to move horizontally at its base, as in expanding or contracting because of temperature changes.
  • archesporium — archespore.
  • archipallium — (anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
  • architecture — Architecture is the art of planning, designing, and constructing buildings.
  • archosaurian — belonging to or characteristic of the archosaurs
  • arthur evans — Sir Arthur John, 1851–1941, English archaeologist.
  • ash-coloured — silver-grey in colour
  • ashurbanipal — died ?626 bc, king of Assyria (?668–?626): son of Esarhaddon. He built the magnificent palace and library at Nineveh
  • asynchronous — An asynchronous electric machine is one in which the magnetic field and the rotation are not exactly the same.
  • at all hours — If you say that something happens at all hours of the day or night, you disapprove of it happening at the time that it does or as often as it does.
  • atheromatous — a sebaceous cyst.
  • athos, mount — autonomous monastic district occupying the tip of the easternmost prong of the Chalcidice peninsula, NE Greece: 130 sq mi (337 sq km); pop. 1,500
  • atmospherium — an optical system used to simulate images of atmospheric phenomena, as cloud formations, storms, and day and night, on the inside of a dome.
  • attenborough — Sir David. born 1926, British naturalist and broadcaster; noted esp for his TV series Life on Earth (1978), The Living Planet (1983), The Life of Birds (1998), The Life of Mammals (2002), and First Life (2010)
  • auger shower — a shower of electrons, photons, etc. resulting from the collision of primary cosmic rays with atomic nuclei in the atmosphere
  • australopith — (archaeology, anthropology, paleonotology) Of or pertaining to the extinct hominid primates, of the genus Australopithecus, from the Pleistocene period.
  • autapomorphy — (cladistics) A derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.
  • authenticate — If you authenticate something, you state officially that it is genuine after examining it.
  • authenticity — the quality or state of being authentic; reliability; genuineness
  • authorizable — able to be authorized
  • autochangers — Plural form of autochanger.
  • autochthonal — Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
  • autochthones — Alternative spelling of autochthons.
  • autochthonic — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
  • autographing — Present participle of autograph.
  • autohypnosis — the process or result of self-induced hypnosis
  • autohypnotic — Of or pertaining to autohypnosis; self-hypnotizing.
  • automorphism — the practice of seeing others as having the same characteristics as oneself
  • autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
  • autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
  • autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
  • baba au rhum — a light cake raised with yeast, containing raisins and dried fruits and soaked in a rum syrup
  • baba ghanouj — a Middle Eastern dish, a puree of broiled eggplant usually with garlic, lemon juice, and tahini, eaten with pita as an appetizer
  • bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
  • backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
  • baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
  • banana shrub — a tall Chinese shrub, Michelia figo, of the magnolia family, having cream-yellow flowers with a reddish edge and a strong banana odor.
  • bashi-bazouk — a member of the notoriously brutal 19th-cent. Turkish irregulars
  • bashibazouks — Plural form of bashibazouk.
  • basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
  • basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
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