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16-letter words containing a, h, u, n, g, r

  • rough-and-tumble — characterized by violent, random, disorderly action and struggles: a rough-and-tumble fight; He led an adventuresome, rough-and-tumble life.
  • run a tight ship — a vessel, especially a large oceangoing one propelled by sails or engines.
  • run the gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
  • shotgun marriage — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
  • shugart, alan f. — Alan F. Shugart
  • sleeping draught — any drink containing a drug or agent that induces sleep
  • statutory change — a change in the law
  • stomach-churning — causing nausea.
  • the arabian gulf — the arm of the Arabian Sea between SW Iran and Arabia; important for the oilfields on its shores
  • the gang of four — a radical faction within the Chinese Communist Party that emerged as a political force in the spring of 1976 and was suppressed later that year. Its members, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen, Yao Wenyuan, and Jiang Qing, were tried and imprisoned (1981)
  • the urban league — a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States
  • thermoregulation — the regulation of body temperature.
  • trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
  • train of thought — sequence of ideas
  • vauxhall gardens — a public garden at Vauxhall, laid out in 1661; a fashionable meeting place and site of lavish entertainments. Closed in 1859
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • washing-up water — water used for washing dishes
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