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11-letter words containing e, n, h, u

  • susquehanna — a river flowing S from central New York through E Pennsylvania and NE Maryland into Chesapeake Bay. 444 miles (715 km) long.
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • terbrugghen — Hendrik. 1588–1629, Dutch painter of the Utrecht school, who specialized in religious subjects, for example the Incredulity of St Thomas and the Calling of St Matthew
  • the antique — the style of ancient art, esp Greek or Roman art, or an example of it
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the centaur — the constellation Centaurus
  • the commune — the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
  • the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
  • the needful — money or funds
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sullens — a sullen mood
  • the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
  • this minute — immediately, without delay
  • thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
  • thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
  • thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • thunder egg — a globular concretion of opal, agate, or chalcedony weathered out of tuff or basalt.
  • thunder mug — a chamber pot.
  • thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
  • thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
  • thunderhead — incus (def 2).
  • thunderless — without thunder
  • thunderpeal — a crash of thunder; thunderclap.
  • tongue-lash — to reprimand severely; scold
  • touchscreen — a touch-sensitive display screen on a computer or other electronic device: touching different portions of the screen with a finger or stylus will cause the device to take actions determined by a computer program.
  • truncheoned — the club carried by a police officer; billy.
  • truncheoner — someone who carries a truncheon
  • tudorbethan — (of a contemporary building) imitative of Tudor and Elizabethan architecture
  • tukey, john — John Tukey
  • tuning head — the part of a stringed instrument where the tension of the strings is adjusted by means of screwed pegs.
  • tutankhamen — 14th century b.c, a king of Egypt of the 18th dynasty.
  • un-hydrated — (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
  • un-showered — a brief fall of rain or, sometimes, of hail or snow.
  • unabashedly — not ashamed, disconcerted, or apologetic; boldly certain of one's position.
  • unabolished — not abolished or revoked
  • unaesthetic — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
  • unashamedly — not ashamed; not restrained by embarrassment or consciousness of moral guilt: a liar unashamed even after public disgrace.
  • unauthentic — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
  • unbenighted — not overtaken by darkness or night
  • unbetrothed — engaged to be married: She is betrothed to that young lieutenant.
  • unblemished — to destroy or diminish the perfection of: The book is blemished by those long, ineffective descriptions.
  • unblenching — not blenching or turning aside; unflinching
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