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13-letter words containing c, h, u, n

  • hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
  • house counsel — a lawyer drawing a full-time salary from a corporation that he or she represents.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
  • 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.
  • human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • hunt and peck — a slow and inefficient method of typing by looking for each key separately before striking it: used by untrained typists.
  • hunt-and-peck — a method of typing while looking at the keyboard, usually using only the forefingers to press the keys
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
  • ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • immunochemist — A chemist whose speciality is immunochemistry.
  • in the clouds — a visible collection of particles of water or ice suspended in the air, usually at an elevation above the earth's surface.
  • inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
  • insulin shock — a state of collapse caused by a decrease in blood sugar resulting from the administration of excessive insulin.
  • isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
  • john q public — the average or typical U.S. citizen: an entertainment aimed at Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public.
  • john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
  • johnny canuck — a personification of Canada
  • junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
  • 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.
  • knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
  • launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
  • leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
  • leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
  • li hung-chang — 1823–1901, Chinese statesman.
  • low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
  • lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
  • luncheon club — (in Britain) an arrangement or organization for serving hot midday meals for a small charge to old people in clubs or daycentres
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • luncheonettes — Plural form of luncheonette.
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
  • melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
  • motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
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