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12-letter words containing s, a, d, h, u

  • hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
  • hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
  • hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
  • 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.
  • knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
  • lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
  • ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
  • malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
  • monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
  • moustachioed — Alternative spelling of moustachio\u2019d.
  • mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
  • mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
  • nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
  • odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
  • orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
  • orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
  • outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
  • plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
  • pseudamphora — a Mycenaean vase having a spherical body, a spout on the shoulder, and a handle, curving across the top, supported by a solid conical neck.
  • pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rutlandshire — a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.
  • scratchbuild — to build a scale model of something from scratch, that is, from raw materials like wood, clay or paper
  • short radius — the perpendicular distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a side
  • shoulder bag — a handbag with shoulder strap attached.
  • shoulder pad — clothing: insert in shoulder
  • shoulder-bag — A shoulder-bag is a bag that has a long strap so that it can be carried on a person's shoulder.
  • shuffleboard — a game in which standing players shove or push wooden or plastic disks with a long cue toward numbered scoring sections marked on a floor or deck.
  • slumbershade — sleep shade.
  • snatch squad — a squad of soldiers or police trained to deal with demonstrations by picking out and arresting the alleged ringleaders
  • sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
  • sounion head — the tip of the Attica peninsula, E central Greece: site of ancient temple ruins.
  • south dakota — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
  • south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
  • south island — the largest island of New Zealand. 58,093 sq. mi. (150,460 sq. km).
  • splash guard — a large flap behind a rear tire to prevent mud, water, etc., from being splashed on the following vehicle.
  • spud-bashing — the task of peeling potatoes, given as a punishment
  • stepdaughter — a daughter of one's husband or wife by a previous marriage.
  • stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
  • subarachnoid — of, relating to, or situated below the arachnoid membrane.
  • sudden death — an overtime period in which a tied contest is won and play is stopped immediately after one of the contestants scores, as in football, or goes ahead, as in golf.
  • sulphadoxine — an antibiotic drug of the sulphonamide group, commonly used in combination with pyrimethamine to treat malaria, and in combination with various drugs to treat certain infections
  • sulphonamide — any of a class of organic compounds that are amides of sulphonic acids containing the group –SO2NH2 or a group derived from this. An important class of sulphonamides are the sulfa drugs
  • sunday punch — Boxing. the most powerful and effective punch of a boxer, especially the punch used in trying to gain a knockout.
  • supercharged — equipped with a supercharger.
  • the dustheap — obscurity or oblivion
  • thousandfold — having a thousand elements or parts.
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