12-letter words containing r, u, s, h, o
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- forasmuch as — since
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.