14-letter words containing h, a, r, u, n, s
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
- granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- greenhouse gas — any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
- harmoniousness — The characteristic of being harmonious.
- harry s truman — Elizabeth Virginia Wallace ("Bess") 1885–1982, U.S. First Lady 1945–53 (wife of Harry S Truman).
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- heart and soul — Anatomy. a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- honourableness — Alternative spelling of honorableness.
- honours of war — the honours granted by the victorious to the defeated, esp as of marching out with all arms and flags flying
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- inharmoniously — In an inharmonious way.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- malnourishment — Malnutrition, undernourishment.
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
- neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
- neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
- non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
- north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.