12-letter words containing o, u, t, a, h, e
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- hard-mouthed — of or relating to a horse not sensitive to the pressure of a bit.
- haute-savoie — a department in E France. 1775 sq. mi. (4595 sq. km). Capital: Annecy.
- hazelnut oil — an oil extracted from hazelnuts and used mostly in cooking
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.
- hepatogenous — originating in the liver
- herpetofauna — the reptiles and amphibians that inhabit a given area
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- heteroousian — a person who believes the Father and the Son to be unlike in substance or essence; an Arian (opposed to Homoousian).
- heterosexual — of, relating to, or exhibiting heterosexuality.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hohenstaufen — a member of the royal family that ruled in Germany from 1138 to 1208 and from 1215 to 1254, and in Sicily from 1194 to 1266.
- house arrest — confinement of an arrested person to his or her residence or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housefathers — Plural form of housefather.
- housemasters — Plural form of housemaster.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- katharevousa — The purist form of modern Greek used in traditional literary writing, as opposed to the form that is spoken and used in everyday writing (called demotic).
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methaqualone — a nonbarbiturate sedative-hypnotic substance, C 1 6 H 1 4 N 2 O, used to induce sleep: also widely used as an illicit drug.
- moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
- muttonheaded — a slow-witted, foolish, or stupid person; dolt.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of reach — beyond arm's length
- out of shape — person: unfit
- outfangthief — the right of a lord to try a thief captured within his jurisdiction, regardless of where the thief is from
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- put to death — the act of dying; the end of life; the total and permanent cessation of all the vital functions of an organism. Compare brain death.