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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.
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