12-letter words containing s, h, u, r
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- daughterless — Without a daughter.
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- desulphurize — to free or become free from sulphur
- diphosphorus — (chemistry, in combination) two atoms of phosphorus in a compound.
- disauthorize — to take authority away from (a person or organization)
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- double sharp — a symbol (× or ) that raises by two semitones the pitch of the following note.
- douglas hurd — a third-class university degree
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- earth summit — a summit conference of 100 or more earth leaders debating global environmental and development issues, specifically the summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, but the term is also applied e.g. to a projected similar event in 2012
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- edaphosaurus — Any of several dinosaurs of the family Edaphosauridae, from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, that had a distinctive dorsal sail or crest.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- export house — a company that does not manufacture goods but is instead concerned solely with the financing or handling of their export
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flour shaker — a container, often with a perforated top, from which flour is shaken
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- forasmuch as — since
- foresightful — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- forethoughts — Plural form of forethought.
- forward push — A forward push is a feature of distillation columns (= tall vessels for distillation) in which zones that allow higher contact between substances are near the top of the column.
- four-flusher — a person who makes false or pretentious claims; bluffer.
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- fresh out of — having just run out of supplies of
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.
- gaithersburg — a town in central Maryland.
- galusha grow — Galusha Aaron [guh-loo-shuh] /gəˈlu ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1822–1907, U.S. political leader: Speaker of the House 1861–63.
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.