12-letter words containing s, h, e, u
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- parish house — a building used by a church chiefly for administrative and social purposes.
- parlor house — (especially in the 19th and early 20th centuries) a brothel with a comfortable, often elaborately decorated parlor for the reception of clients.
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- phillumenist — a collector of matchbooks and matchboxes.
- phosphoruses — Phosphor.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- picture show — motion picture.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- pleomorphous — characterized by pleomorphism
- plough horse — a horse used for pulling a plough
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- poughkeepsie — a city in SE New York, on the Hudson.
- pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- prepublished — to publish in advance of a scheduled date.
- prescheduled — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- preslaughter — of the period before slaughter (of animals)
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- 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
- pseudoscheme — A translator from Scheme to Common Lisp by Jonathan Rees <[email protected]>. Version 2.8. It conforms to all of R3RS except call/cc and requires Common Lisp. Runs on Lucid, Symbolics CL, VAX Lisp, Explorer CL. Mailing list: [email protected]
- pseudosphere — a surface generated by revolving a tractrix about its asymptote.
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- public house — British. a tavern.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
- put flesh on — If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it.
- put to shame — the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quackishness — The state or condition of being quackish.
- qualmishness — The quality of being qualmish.
- quelquechose — kickshaw.
- quenchlessly — without quenching
- ramapithecus — a genus of extinct Miocene ape known from fossils found in India and Pakistan and formerly thought to be a possible human ancestor.
- raphaelesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of the style of the painter Raphael.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- refreshfully — in a refreshful manner; refreshingly
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- refuse chute — a chute in a building which rubbish and waste is thrown down to the main refuse bins, etc
- reichsfuhrer — the title of the chief of the Schutzstaffel.
- relinquished — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- relinquisher — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- rescheduling — the act of changing the time, date, or schedule of
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.