12-letter words containing u, n, h, r
- ortho-cousin — parallel cousin.
- orthocousins — the children of two brothers or two sisters
- orthodonture — orthodontia (def 2).
- outthrusting — Present participle of outthrust.
- 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.
- perinephrium — the capsule of connective tissue that envelops the kidney.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- phone number — of individual, business
- photocurrent — an electric current produced by a photoelectric effect.
- 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.
- picturephone — a type of telephone where users can see each other as they talk, through the transmission of video images
- pig launcher — A pig launcher is a device which starts a pig moving without interrupting flow.
- pinch runner — a player sent into a game to replace a base runner.
- pinturicchio — real name Bernardino di Betto. ?1454–1513, Italian painter of the Umbrian school
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumothorax — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- pollen brush — the mass of stiff hairs on the legs or abdomen of an insect, for collecting pollen.
- 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.
- port hueneme — a city in S California.
- press launch — the launch of a product, exhibition, event, etc, to which journalists are invited, in order to publicize it
- pruning hook — an implement with a hooked blade, used for pruning vines, branches, etc.
- punched card — a card having holes punched in specific positions and patterns so as to represent data to be stored or processed mechanically, electrically, or photoelectrically.
- purple finch — a North American finch, Carpodacus purpureus, having a raspberry-red head, breast, and rump.
- purple heron — an Old World heron, Ardea purpurea, having maroon, buff, and black plumage.
- quadraphonic — of, noting, or pertaining to the recording and reproduction of sound over four separate transmission or direct reproduction channels instead of the customary two of the stereo system: a quadraphonic recording.
- quadriphonic — quadraphonic.
- quadrophonic — Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
- queen mother — a queen dowager who is mother of a reigning sovereign.
- rabbit punch — a short, sharp blow to the nape of the neck or the lower part of the skull.
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- rauschenberg — Robert, 1925–2008, U.S. artist.
- refurnishing — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.
- 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
- return match — sport: second game between same teams
- 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.
- ride shotgun — a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- rough-spoken — coarse or vulgar in speech.
- roughhousing — the act of behaving in a boisterous or rough way
- run off with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- 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.
- running hand — script or calligraphy characterized by uniformly slanted letters that are written quickly and connected by long, continuous strokes of the pen.
- running head — a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usually repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
- running shoe — trainer, sneaker