12-letter words containing t, h, e, r, o, u
- outstretched — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- over-fraught — Archaic. filled or laden (with): ships fraught with precious wares.
- overscutched — overworked; worn out
- peritrichous — (of bacteria) having a uniform distribution of flagella over the body surface.
- peterborough — a city in Cambridgeshire, in central England.
- phosphureted — combined with phosphorus, especially in its lowest valence state.
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- photogravure — any of various processes, based on photography, by which an intaglio engraving is formed on a metal plate, from which ink reproductions are made.
- photoneutron — a neutron emitted from a nucleus during photodisintegration.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.
- picture show — motion picture.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- polyurethane — a thermoplastic polymer containing the group NHCOO: used for padding and insulation in furniture, clothing, and packaging, and in the manufacture of resins for adhesives, elastomers, and fillers.
- pork butcher — a butcher who specializes in pork
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- preauthorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- proudhearted — full of pride.
- put together — assemble
- pyrosulphate — any salt of pyrosulphuric acid
- quarter-hoop — a hoop, especially of steel, fastened around a cask between the bilge and the chime.
- quarter-hour — a period of 15 minutes.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- re-authorize — to give authority or official power to; empower: to authorize an employee to sign purchase orders.
- read-through — reading (def 1).
- reupholstery — the materials used to cushion and cover furniture.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- router patch — a plywood panel patch with parallel sides and rounded ends.
- run the show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- run to earth — (often initial capital letter) the planet third in order from the sun, having an equatorial diameter of 7926 miles (12,755 km) and a polar diameter of 7900 miles (12,714 km), a mean distance from the sun of 92.9 million miles (149.6 million km), and a period of revolution of 365.26 days, and having one satellite.
- self-wrought — Archaic except in some senses. a simple past tense and past participle of work.
- sell-through — quantity of direct sales made
- sharp tongue — If you say that someone has a sharp tongue, you are critical of the fact that they say things which are unkind though often clever.
- slaughterous — murderous; destructive.
- sought after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- sought-after — that is in demand; desirable: a sought-after speaker.
- soul brother — a black male, especially a fellow black male.
- south korean — a country in E Asia: formed 1948 after the division of the former country of Korea at 38° N. 36,600 sq. mi. (94,795 sq. km). Capital: Seoul. Compare Korea.
- south orange — a city in NE New Jersey.
- southeastern — from the south east
- southernmost — farthest south.
- southernness — the state of being southern
- southernwood — a woody-stemmed wormwood, Artemisia abrotanum, of southern Europe, having aromatic, finely dissected leaves.
- southwestern — the point or direction midway between south and west. Abbreviation: SW.
- store-bought — commercially made rather than homemade.
- storey house — (in W Africa) a house having more than one storey
- stouthearted — brave and resolute; dauntless.
- subthreshold — (of a stimulus) too weak to produce a response.
- super-smooth — dead-smooth.