12-letter words containing s, h, e, u
- 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.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- hypersurface — a mathematical object that generalizes the concept of surface from three-dimensional Euclidean space to hyperspace.
- hyposulphate — a salt derived from hyposulphuric acid
- hyposulphite — Also called hydrosulfite. a salt of hyposulfurous acid.
- idiothermous — warm-blooded
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- inhumanities — Plural form of inhumanity.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- james hutton — James, 1726–97, Scottish geologist: formulated uniformitarianism.
- jesus christ — Jesus (def 1).
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- johnny house — Johnny (def 3).
- jump shooter — a player skilled at jump shots.
- just the job — If you say that something is just the job, you mean that it is exactly what you wanted or needed.
- 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).
- kletterschuh — a lightweight climbing boot with a canvas or suede upper and Vibram (originally felt or cord) sole
- knuckleheads — Plural form of knucklehead.
- languishment — the act or state of languishing.
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- lectureships — Plural form of lectureship.
- leiotrichous — Having smooth hair.
- leisure home — a house for use on weekends, vacations, or the like.
- lemon squash — lemon soda; a soft drink of lemon juice and soda water.
- 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
- loathfulness — (rare) The condition of being loathful; reluctance.
- ludwigshafen — a city in SW Germany, on the Rhine opposite Mannheim.
- luteal phase — a stage of the menstrual cycle, lasting about two weeks, from ovulation to the beginning of the next menstrual flow.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- massachusett — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- megachurches — Plural form of megachurch.
- 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.
- melliphagous — (of an animal) feeding on honey
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- mesomorphous — mesomorphic
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- mischievious — Misconstruction of mischievous.