12-letter words containing u, t, h, a
- autorickshaw — (in India) a light three-wheeled vehicle driven by a motorcycle engine
- autotheistic — Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme.
- bach trumpet — a modern small three-valved trumpet for playing clarino passages in Bach's music
- backup light — Backup lights are the white lights on the back of a vehicle that shine when the vehicle moves backward.
- baluchithere — a hornless rhinoceros of the extinct genus Baluchitherium that inhabited central Asia during the Oligocene and early Miocene epochs: the largest land mammal known.
- basque shirt — a knitted pullover shirt having a crew neck, long or short sleeves, and a pattern of horizontal stripes.
- basset hound — A basset hound is a dog with short strong legs, a long body, and long ears. It is kept as a pet or used for hunting.
- bastel house — (on the Anglo-Scottish border) a partly fortified house, usually with a vaulted ground floor.
- bathing suit — A bathing suit is a piece of clothing which people wear when they go swimming.
- bathophilous — (of an organism) living in very deep water
- bathtub race — a sailing race between bathtubs fitted with outboard motors
- bequeathable — capable of being given to or bequeathed
- bequeathment — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- bhutatathata — Tathata.
- birth trauma — an emotional shock caused by being born.
- blabbermouth — a person who talks too much or indiscreetly
- blue catfish — a large freshwater catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, that is a popular food fish in the states of the Mississippi River valley.
- boar-hunting — the practice of hunting wild boars
- breakthrough — A breakthrough is an important development or achievement.
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- brushability — the quality of being brushable
- burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
- bushelbasket — a rounded basket with a capacity of one bushel
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- buy the farm — a tract of land, usually with a house, barn, silo, etc., on which crops and often livestock are raised for livelihood.
- cadent house — any of the four houses that precede the angles: the third, sixth, ninth, and twelfth houses, which correspond, respectively, to neighborhood and relatives, work and health, philosophy and foreign travel, and secret matters and service to others.
- cash account — an account with a brokerage which stipulates that the client pays in full for any transactions, rather than being extended credit
- catechumenal — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- caught short — having a sudden need to urinate or defecate
- chaetiferous — having bristles
- chaff-cutter — a machine used to chop up hay and straw to make it into chaff for feeding to cattle
- chandragupta — Greek name Sandracottos. died ?297 bc, ruler of N India, who founded the Maurya dynasty (325) and defeated Seleucus (?305)
- chapterhouse — the building attached to a cathedral, collegiate church, or religious house in which the chapter meets
- characterful — If you describe something as characterful, you mean that it is pleasant and interesting.
- charcuteries — Plural form of charcuterie.
- chartbusters — Plural form of chartbuster.
- charterhouse — a Carthusian monastery
- chartularies — Plural form of chartulary.
- chat-up line — A chat-up line is a remark that someone makes in order to start a conversation with someone they do not know but find sexually attractive.
- chateau wine — a wine produced from any of certain vineyards in the Bordeaux region of France
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- cheluviation — the leaching of chelates through soil
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chorusmaster — the conductor of a choir
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- chuck off at — to abuse or make fun of