12-letter words containing h, a, r, u, n
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- human nature — the psychological and social qualities that characterize humankind, especially in contrast with other living things.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- hundred days — the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
- hunger march — a procession of protest or demonstration by the unemployed
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hypersensual — extremely or excessively sensual
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in
- inharmonious — not harmonious; discordant; unmelodious.
- isosthenuria — the inability of the kidneys to dilute or concentrate urine
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- joint author — a person who shares the writing of a book, article, etc, with another
- jumping hare — springhare.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- khachaturian — Aram Ilich [ar-uh m il-yich;; Russian uh-rahm ee-lyeech] /ˈær əm ˈɪl yɪtʃ;; Russian ʌˈrɑm iˈlyitʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–78, Armenian composer.
- last honours — observances of respect at a funeral
- latin church — the Roman Catholic Church.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- leatherbound — Bound in leather.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- mooch around — If you mooch around or mooch about a place, you move around there slowly with no particular purpose.
- motor launch — a small naval vessel that chases submarines, etc
- muralitharan — Muttiah (məˈtaɪə). born 1972, Sri Lankan cricketer: a spin bowler, he played in 133 test matches and took a world-record 800 wickets
- naturopathic — (alternative medicine) Of or pertaining to naturopathy or to naturopaths.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurohumoral — of or pertaining to a neurohumour
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- nonvehicular — Not vehicular.
- northumbrian — of or relating to Northumbria, Northumberland, or the inhabitants or dialect of either.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- ornithogalum — any plant of the genus Ornithogalum
- paragnathous — (of certain vertebrates) having the upper and lower jaws of equal length
- paranthropus — (sometimes initial capital letter) a member of the former genus Paranthropus.
- photonuclear — of, relating to, or caused by the collision of high-energy photons with the nucleus of an atom.