12-letter words containing o, u, a, c, h
- huffman code — Huffman coding
- human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- john mauchly — (person) /jon W mok'*-lee/ (rhymes with "broccoli") Dr. John W. Mauchly, one of the developers of ENIAC.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- make much of — great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- out of whack — to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
- quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
- rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- safety touch — a two-point play
- sarcophagous — carnivorous.
- scatophagous — feeding on dung or excrement
- schopenhauer — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- smooth sumac — a shrub or small tree, Rhus glabra, of the cashew family, native to North America, having pinnate leaves and green flowers in a dense terminal cluster.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- south africa — Republic of, a country in S Africa; member of the Commonwealth of Nations until 1961. 472,000 sq. mi. (1,222,480 sq. km). Capitals: Pretoria and Cape Town.
- south-facing — facing towards the south
- squash court — an enclosed court used in the game of squash