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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.
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