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14-letter words containing s, a, u, r, h

  • musical chairs — Also called going to Jerusalem. a game in which players march to music around two rows of chairs placed back to back, there being one chair less than the number of players, the object being to find a seat when the music stops abruptly. The player failing to do so is removed from the game, together with one chair, at each interval.
  • myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
  • nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
  • natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
  • nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
  • neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
  • neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
  • non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
  • north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
  • north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
  • on the surface — to all appearances
  • or thereabouts — You add or thereabouts after a number or date to indicate that it is approximate.
  • orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
  • orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
  • paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • parish council — local administrative body
  • pleurapophysis — one of the lateral processes of a vertebra forming the ribs
  • pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
  • pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudo-archaic — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
  • purchase order — document requesting to buy sth
  • purchase price — cost at which sth is bought
  • purse snatcher — wallet thief
  • raspberry bush — a bush on which raspberries grow
  • rathke's pouch — an invagination of stomodeal ectoderm developing into the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland.
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • redear sunfish — a freshwater sunfish, Lepomis microlophos, of the lower Mississippi valley and southeastern states, having the gill cover margined with scarlet.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • rhizocephalous — belonging to the Rhizocephala, a group of degenerate hermaphrodite crustaceans that are parasitic chiefly on crabs.
  • rotary shutter — a camera shutter consisting of a rotating disk pierced with a slit that passes in front of the lens to expose the film or plate.
  • rough as sacks — uncouth
  • russia leather — a fine, smooth leather produced by careful tanning and dyeing, especially in dark red: originally prepared in Russia.
  • russian church — the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917.
  • sacchariferous — containing or yielding sugar.
  • sakha republic — an administrative division in E Russia, in NE Siberia on the Arctic Ocean: the coldest inhabited region of the world; it has rich mineral resources. Capital: Yakutsk. Pop: 948 100 (2002). Area: 3 103 200 sq km (1 197 760 sq miles)
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • scrape through — only just succeed
  • scratchbuilder — a person who scratchbuilds
  • self-slaughter — suicide.
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • sharp-featured — having very clearly defined facial features
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