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There are 18 twelve-letter words containing H, N, 2O, P, R and U

ANTHOCARPOUS• anthocarpous adj. (Botany) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit.
• ANTHOCARPOUS adj. of or like an anthocarp, a fruit resulting from many flowers, such as a pineapple.
HOUSEPERSONS• housepersons n. Plural of houseperson.
• HOUSEPERSON n. a person who does housekeeping.
HYDROPHANOUS• hydrophanous adj. (Mineralogy) Made transparent by immersion in water.
• HYDROPHANOUS adj. becoming transparent when placed in water.
LUTEOTROPHIN• luteotrophin n. Alternative form of luteotropin.
• LUTEOTROPHIN n. another name for the hormone prolactin, also LUTEOTROPIN.
MONOMORPHOUS• monomorphous adj. Monomorphic.
• MONOMORPHOUS adj. existing in one form only.
NECROPHAGOUS• necrophagous adj. That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
• NECROPHAGOUS adj. feeding on the dead.
NECROPHILOUS• necrophilous adj. Thriving on death or on dead things.
• NECROPHILOUS adj. loving corpses.
NECROPHOROUS• necrophorous adj. (Zoology) Carrying away and burying dead bodies, like the beetles of the genus Necrophorus.
• NECROPHOROUS adj. carrying away and burying dead bodies, as do burying beetles.
NEUROTROPHIC• neurotrophic adj. Of or relating to neurotrophy.
• NEUROTROPHIC adj. relating to the nutrition of the nervous system, or to nutritional changes influenced by the nervous system.
NITROPHILOUS• nitrophilous adj. (Botany, of a plant) Thriving in a habitat rich in nitrogen.
• nitrophilous adj. (Ecology, of a habitat) Rich in nitrogen.
• NITROPHILOUS adj. of plants, growing in a place where there is a good supply of nitrogen.
PHOTOCURRENT• photocurrent n. Any electric current that flows as a result of photoconductivity or the photovoltaic effect.
• PHOTOCURRENT n. a stream of electrons produced by photoelectric or photovoltaic effects.
PHOTONEUTRON• photoneutron n. (Physics) Any neutron produced by a photonuclear reaction.
• PHOTONEUTRON n. a neutron emitted from a nucleus as a result of photodisintegration.
PHOTONUCLEAR• photonuclear adj. (Physics) Of or relating to any nuclear reaction involving a photon.
• PHOTONUCLEAR adj. relating to or caused by the incidence of radiant energy (as gamma rays) on atomic nuclei.
PNEUMOTHORAX• pneumothorax n. (Medicine) Presence of air inside the pleural cavity, usually caused by injury either to the lung or the chest wall.
• PNEUMOTHORAX n. accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
POORMOUTHING• poormouthing v. Present participle of poormouth.
• POORMOUTH v. to complain about being poor.
QUADROPHONIC• quadrophonic adj. Alternative spelling of quadraphonic.
• QUADROPHONIC adj. of, relating to, or using four channels for the transmission, recording, or reproduction of sound, also QUADRAPHONIC, QUADRIPHONIC.
SARRUSOPHONE• sarrusophone n. (Music) Any of a family of wind instruments intended to replace the oboe and bassoon in bands.
• SARRUSOPHONE n. a double-reeded musical instrument resembling the bassoon.
THOROUGHPINS• thoroughpins n. Plural of thoroughpin.
• THOROUGHPIN n. a swelling of horses' hocks.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org and 1Word.ws.

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