12-letter words containing r, h, e, u
- urethroscopy — observation of the urethra by a urethroscope.
- urethrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the urethra through the perineum, permitting the passage of urine.
- venus's-hair — a delicate maidenhair fern, Adiantum capillus-veneris.
- very much so — The expression very much so is an emphatic way of answering 'yes' to something or saying that it is true or correct.
- walker hound — an American foxhound having a black, tan, and white, or, sometimes, a tan and white coat.
- warehouseman — a person who stores goods for others for pay.
- warehousemen — Irregular plural form of warehouseman.
- water thrush — either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
- weatherbound — (often nautical) Delayed or prevented by bad weather from doing something, such as travelling.
- well-humored — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- well-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- whataboutery — (of two communities in conflict) the practice of repeatedly blaming the other side and referring to events from the past
- wherethrough — through which; because of
- whiskey sour — a cocktail made with whiskey, lemon juice, and sugar.
- 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.
- whole number — Also called counting number. one of the positive integers or zero; any of the numbers (0, 1, 2, 3, …).
- would rather — in a measure; to a certain extent; somewhat: rather good.
- wrathfulness — The quality of being wrathful; wrath.
- xiphisternum — The lowest part of the sternum; the xiphoid process.
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
- youth leader — a person who has responsibility for the young people at a youth club etc
- youth worker — A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds.