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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 trumanElizabeth 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.
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