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13-letter words containing u, p, h, i

  • puritan ethic — work ethic.
  • pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
  • put to flight — an act or instance of fleeing or running away; hasty departure.
  • quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
  • quadriphonics — quadraphony.
  • quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
  • reptile house — a house, shed, etc, used to keep reptiles in, as at a zoo, etc
  • rhizomorphous — rootlike in form.
  • rosehip syrup — a syrup made from rosehips, used as a cough remedy
  • shag pile rug — a piece of thick material with a nap of long rough strands that you put on a floor. It is like a carpet but covers a smaller area
  • share premium — the excess of the amount actually subscribed for an issue of corporate capital over its par value
  • soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
  • soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
  • souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
  • spathiphyllum — any of various tropical plants of the genus Spathiphyllum, having a white or green spathe and a spike of fragrant flowers and often cultivated as an ornamental.
  • sphagnicolous — growing in moss
  • stand up with — to act as a wedding attendant to
  • step out with — to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone), esp publicly
  • straighten up — stand straighter
  • subeditorship — the position or office of a subeditor
  • subepithelial — any animal tissue that covers a surface, or lines a cavity or the like, and that, in addition, performs any of various secretory, transporting, or regulatory functions.
  • successorship — the position or state of a successor
  • sunlight peak — a mountain in SW Colorado, in the San Juan Mountains. 14,059 feet (4285 meters).
  • super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • superachiever — someone who achieves more than most; high achiever
  • superencipher — to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.
  • supergraphics — large-scale painted or applied decorative art in bold colors and typically in geometric or typographic designs, used over walls and sometimes floors and ceilings to create an illusion of expanded or altered space.
  • superhelicity — a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • superphysical — above or beyond what is physical; hyperphysical.
  • superthriller — a highly sensational film or book
  • suprachiasmic — relating to the area in the hypothalamus that regulates the biological clock
  • the cup final — the annual final of the FA Cup soccer competition, played at Wembley, or the Scottish Cup, played at Hampden Park
  • the high jump — an athletic event in which a competitor has to jump over a high bar set between two vertical supports
  • the jig is up — that ends it; all chances for success are gone
  • the spiritual — the realm of spirits
  • the superrich — exceptionally wealthy people, considered collectively
  • therapeutical — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
  • thiosulphuric — of or relating to thiosulphuric acid or anything derived from it
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • toxicophagous — poison-eating
  • treasurership — a person in charge of treasure or a treasury.
  • trichopterous — belonging or pertaining to the insect order Trichoptera, comprising the caddisflies.
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • ultraphysical — extremely physical
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • unimpeachable — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
  • unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
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