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12-letter words containing s, h, u, r

  • pass-through — a windowlike opening, as one for passing food or dishes between a kitchen and a dining area.
  • pastry brush — a small, flat brush for coating pastry with butter, egg, etc.
  • peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
  • persulphuric — denoting a type of acid
  • phillipsburg — a city in NW New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • polymorphous — having, assuming, or passing through many or various forms, stages, or the like.
  • 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
  • pseudosphere — a surface generated by revolving a tractrix about its asymptote.
  • purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.
  • push forward — keep advancing
  • push through — force to accept
  • pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
  • quitch grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
  • 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.
  • rhadamanthus — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • rheumatismal — of or relating to rheumatism
  • rhizocarpous — having the root perennial but the stem annual, as perennial herbs.
  • rhizophagous — feeding on roots.
  • rhizophilous — (esp of insects) preferring to live or grow near or on roots
  • ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
  • rights issue — Finance; offering of new shares to existing holders
  • rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
  • roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
  • rubbish dump — a place or area where waste materials are dumped
  • run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
  • running shoe — trainer, sneaker
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