13-letter words containing u, p, h, i
- euler-chelpin — Hans (Karl August) von. 1873–1964, Swedish biochemist, born in Germany: shared the Nobel prize for chemistry (1929) with Sir Arthur Harden for their work on enzymes: father of Ulf von Euler
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- euphemistical — Archaic form of euphemistic.
- exhaustipated — Too tired to care about anything.
- flash picture — a photograph made using flash photography.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hardship fund — funding offered or applied for due to financial difficulties
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- herpesviruses — Plural form of herpesvirus.
- high pressure — intense or stressful situation
- high-pressure — having or involving a pressure above the normal: high-pressure steam.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- hippuric acid — a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C9H9NO3
- hire purchase — buying sth by instalments
- hire-purchase — a system of payment for a commodity in regular installments while using it.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house slipper — a slipper worn in the house or indoors, often distinguished from a bedroom slipper by having a back and heel.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housewifeship — the role of a housewife, household management
- human capital — the collective skills, knowledge, or other intangible assets of individuals that can be used to create economic value for the individuals, their employers, or their community: Education is an investment in human capital that pays off in terms of higher productivity.
- hunter's pink — a brilliant red often used for the jackets of hunters.
- hunting pinks — the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypereutectic — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hyperimmunity — the state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.
- hyperimmunize — to render highly immunized
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
- hyperuricemia — an excess of uric acid in the blood, often producing gout.
- hypervirulent — actively poisonous; intensely noxious: a virulent insect bite.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hypoeutectoid — (of steel) having less carbon than the 0.8 percent of eutectoid steel.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hyposulphuric — relating to sulphur which is in a lower state of oxidation than it is in sulphuric compounds
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- indentureship — a deed or agreement executed in two or more copies with edges correspondingly indented as a means of identification.
- jodhpuri coat — a coat worn by men in India, similar to but shorter than a sherwani
- john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- keep in touch — stay in contact
- kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.