12-letter words containing s, u, h, a, r
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- ichthyosaurs — Plural form of ichthyosaur.
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- 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).
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- laureateship — a person who has been honored for achieving distinction in a particular field or with a particular award: a Nobel laureate.
- litholatrous — of or relating to the worship of stones
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- 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.
- 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.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metamorphous — metamorphic.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- microphallus — The condition of having an abnormally small penis; micropenis.
- misbehaviour — (British) alternative spelling of misbehavior.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- orchard bush — open savanna country with occasional trees and scrub, as found north of the W African forest belt
- orchidaceous — belonging to the plant family Orchidaceae.
- orichalceous — relating to or resembling orichalc
- overpurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- pachycarpous — having a thick pericarp
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paper-pusher — a person who has a routine desk job.
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- 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.
- pass through — an act of passing.
- 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.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- pre-purchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- 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