13-letter words containing s, h, o, u
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- osborne house — a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
- overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
- parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
- parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
- pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
- pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
- philo judaeus — c20 b.c.–a.d. c50, Alexandrian Jewish theologian and philosopher.
- phosphorus 32 — a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
- phosphorus-32 — a radioactive isotope of phosphorus, used as a chemotherapeutic agent.
- phosphuretted — treated or combined with phosphorus
- photoacoustic — optoacoustic
- phyllocladous — having phylloclades.
- phyllophagous — (of an organism) feeding on leaves.
- physoclistous — having the air bladder closed off from the mouth.
- poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polychotomous — divided into multiple parts
- polythalamous — having multiple chambers
- porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
- postholocaust — following a holocaust
- pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- psammophilous — living or growing in sand
- pseudo-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychosurgery — treatment of mental disorders by means of brain surgery.
- public school — (in the U.S.) a school that is maintained at public expense for the education of the children of a community or district and that constitutes a part of a system of free public education commonly including primary and secondary schools.
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quarter horse — one of a breed of strong horses developed in the U.S. for short-distance races, usually a quarter of a mile.
- quelque chose — a trifle
- quelque-chose — kickshaw.
- reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
- reupholstered — to provide (chairs, sofas, etc.) with coverings, cushions, stuffing, springs, etc.
- rhesus factor — Rh factor.