12-letter words containing r, u, t, h
- 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).
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- kourotrophos — (archaeology) a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
- kurchatovium — (chemistry) A rejected name for rutherfordium.
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lecture hall — conference room
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- lighter fuel — the fuel used in a cigarette or cigar lighter
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- lithospermum — any annual or perennial herbs and small shrubs of the genus lithospermum, of the borage family, native to Europe, N America, and northern Asia, and having white, blue, or yellow flowers
- little hours — the canonical hours of prime, terce, sext, and nones in the divine office
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- look through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- look-through — the opacity and texture of paper when inspected by transmitted light.
- loop through — loop
- loutrophoros — Greek and Roman Antiquity. a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried.
- luteotrophic — affecting the corpus luteum.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- 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.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mother house — a convent housing a mother superior of a community of nuns.
- motherfucker — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- motherhouses — Plural form of motherhouse.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- motormouthed — (of a person) Being a motor mouth; inclined to talk too much.
- mouthbreeder — any of several fishes of the genera Tilapia and Haplochromis, that hatch and care for their young in the mouth.
- mouthbrooder — A freshwater cichlid fish that protects its eggs (and in some cases its young) by carrying them in its mouth.
- multiwarhead — (of a missile) capable of carrying several independent warheads
- muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
- muscle shirt — Slang. a T-shirt having short sleeves or no sleeves.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.