13-letter words containing h, a, s, o, u
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hub-and-spoke — of or designating a system of air transportation by which local flights carry passengers to one major regional airport where they can board long-distance or other local flights for their final destinations.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- hunt saboteur — A hunt saboteur is someone who tries to stop a hunt from taking place or being successful because they believe it is cruel to the animal being hunted.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hyposexuality — A significantly low level of sexuality.
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- ichthyosaurus — ichthyosaur.
- judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
- lace-up shoes — shoes which are fastened with laces
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leptocephalus — a colorless, transparent, flattened larva, especially of certain eels and ocean fishes.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- macrocephalus — Alternative spelling of macrocephalous.
- mansion house — the residence of the Lord Mayor of London
- marrow squash — any of several squashes having a smooth surface, an oblong shape, and a hard rind.
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- microcephalus — An abnormally small head.
- mosquito hawk — nighthawk (def 1).
- moustache cup — mustache cup.
- multihospital — comprising or relating to several hospitals
- muscle shoals — former rapids of the Tennessee River in SW Alabama, changed into a lake by Wilson Dam: part of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- musquash root — spotted cowbane.
- mycetophagous — That feeds on fungi.
- nonchauvinist — a person who is not a chauvinist
- nonexhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
- nonhomosexual — a person who is not homosexual
- nonpunishable — Not punishable; of an act, for which no punishment has been authorized; of a person, beyond the reach of punishment.
- north augusta — a city in W South Carolina.
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
- octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
- ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
- on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
- open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
- orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
- orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.