12-letter words containing s, u, h, a
- mustache cup — a cup having a straight piece inside, just below the rim, for holding back a man's mustache while he is drinking.
- mustard bath — a supposed cure for aches, tired muscles, colds and fevers, consisting of bathing in hot water infused with mustard seeds
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- 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.
- octastichous — relating to a particular coiled distribution of leaves on the stem that is characterized by having eight leaves per coil on the stem
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- oligophagous — (especially of insects) eating only a few types of food.
- ophiolatrous — of, relating to, or practising snake-worshipping
- ophiophagous — eating snakes.
- 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
- out of phase — in an unsynchronized way
- out of shape — person: unfit
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- 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.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- pantophagous — characterized by pantophagy
- 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.
- philadelphus — (Philadelphus) king of Pergamum c159–138 b.c.
- phosphaturia — the presence of an excessive quantity of phosphates in the urine.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- picture sash — a large window sash, as for a picture window.
- plattdeutsch — the Low German vernacular dialects spoken in northern Germany.
- pleiochasium — a flowering system in which several buds come out at the same time
- polychaetous — of or relating to the genus Polychaeta
- 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
- 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
- psychosexual — of or relating to the relationship of psychological and sexual phenomena.
- purchase tax — a sales tax on nonessential and luxury goods.