15-letter words containing c, h, u, n
- number-cruncher — a person or thing that performs a great many numerical calculations, as a financial analyst, statistician, computer, or computer program.
- nutcracker chin — a strong-looking chin
- occulting light — a beacon having a light covered briefly at regular intervals.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- odontorhynchous — (of birds) having toothlike ridges inside the beak
- off one's chump — insane; crazy
- okhotsk current — a cold ocean current flowing SW from the Bering Sea, E of the Kurile Islands, along the E coast of Japan where it meets the Japan Current.
- on o's haunches — If you get down on your haunches, you lower yourself towards the ground so that your legs are bent under you and you are balancing on your feet.
- one-two (punch) — a sequence of two quick punches, esp. a jab with the left hand followed at once by a hard blow with the right
- ornithorhynchus — the platypus.
- out in the cold — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
- penshurst place — a 14th-century mansion near Tunbridge Wells in Kent: birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney; gardens laid out from 1560
- phantom circuit — a circuit derived from two suitably arranged pairs of wires, each pair being a circuit (side circuit) and also acting as one half of an additional derived circuit, the entire system providing the capabilities of three circuits while requiring wires for only two.
- pheasant coucal — a brown and black, red-eyed Australian bird, Centropus phasianinus, with a pheasantlike tail.
- phenylketonuric — an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenylketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- photoconducting — of or relating to photoconduction
- photoconduction — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
- photoconductive — of, relating to, or exhibiting photoconductivity.
- photoproduction — the light-induced production of a species of molecule such as a radical or ion
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pithecanthropus — a former genus of extinct hominids whose members have now been assigned to the proposed species Homo erectus.
- planter's punch — a punch made with rum, lime juice, sugar, and water or soda.
- plymouth colony — the colony established in SE Massachusetts by the Pilgrims in 1620.
- proscenium arch — the arch separating the stage from the auditorium
- pulchritudinous — physically beautiful; comely.
- pullman kitchen — a kitchenette, often recessed into a wall and concealed by double doors or a screen.
- pulmobranchiate — possessing a pulmobranch
- punch the bundy — to start work
- push one's luck — the force that seems to operate for good or ill in a person's life, as in shaping circumstances, events, or opportunities: With my luck I'll probably get pneumonia.
- quasi-technical — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- quiche lorraine — a quiche containing bits of bacon or ham and often cheese.
- reuben sandwich — a grilled sandwich of corned beef, Swiss cheese, and sauerkraut on rye bread.
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- roche moutonnee — a rounded, glacially eroded rock outcrop, usually one of a group, resembling a sheep's back.
- rocket launcher — a tube attached to a weapon for the launching of rockets.
- round character — a character in fiction whose personality, background, motives, and other features are fully delineated by the author.
- round-the-clock — around-the-clock.
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- sandwich course — A sandwich course is an educational course in which you have periods of study between periods of being at work.
- sarcenchymatous — relating to the connective tissue of some sponges
- sausage machine — a machine for making sausages
- scatter cushion — Scatter cushions are small cushions for use on sofas and chairs.
- schola cantorum — an ecclesiastical choir or choir school.
- schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
- schopenhauerian — Arthur [ahr-too r] /ˈɑr tʊər/ (Show IPA), 1788–1860, German philosopher.
- schopenhauerism — the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who taught that only the cessation of desire can solve the problems arising from the universal impulse of the will to live.
- scrubbing brush — a handheld brush with short stiff bristles, used esp for scrubbing floors
- second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- shut one's face — to be silent