12-letter words containing p, h, o, r, u, s
- scrophularia — a member of a genus of flowering plants which have a square stem and are known as figworts
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
- sinanthropus — the genus to which Peking man was formerly assigned.
- 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.
- slip through — be undetected
- sporophorous — the state of being or functioning as a sporophore
- strophanthus — any of various shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Strophanthus, of the dogbane family, chiefly of tropical Africa.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.
- superheroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
- superiorship — the state or position of being superior
- support hose — elastic stockings worn to reduce pressure on the veins of the leg, esp for people with varicose veins
- survivorship — the state of being a survivor.
- tech support — an advising and troubleshooting service provided by a manufacturer, typically a software or hardware developer, to its customers, often online or on the telephone.
- telanthropus — a genus of fossil hominids, known from two fragmentary lower jaws found in the region of Swartkrans, near Johannesburg, South Africa.
- the bosporus — a strait between European and Asian Turkey, linking the Black Sea and the Sea of Marmara
- the populars — cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
- theophrastus — 372?–287 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- triadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three sets or bundles.
- tricephalous — with three heads
- tropophilous — adapted to a climate characterized by marked environmental changes.
- unworshipful — not worshipful; not showing reverence or admiration
- unworshipped — not worshipped; not admired or revered
- upper school — a scholastic division, especially in a private school, including the terminal secondary grades.
- urethroscope — an apparatus for observing the urethra.
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- virtuosoship — the condition of being a virtuoso; the activities of a virtuoso
- worshipfully — In a worshipful manner; reverentially.