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18-letter words containing h, a, u, n, c

  • furnishing fabrics — fabrics used to make and cover furniture
  • grandfather clause — U.S. History. a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising blacks: it exempted from new literacy and property qualifications for voting those men entitled to vote before 1867 and their lineal descendants.
  • handlebar mustache — A handlebar mustache is a long thick mustache with curled ends.
  • haulage contractor — a person or firm that transports goods by lorry
  • heart-lung machine — a device through which blood is shunted temporarily for oxygenation during surgery, while the heart or a lung is being repaired.
  • heat of combustion — the heat evolved when one mole of a substance is burnt in oxygen at constant volume
  • hebdomadal council — the governing council or senate of Oxford University
  • heimlich manoeuvre — a technique in first aid to dislodge a foreign body in a person's windpipe by applying sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen
  • highbush cranberry — a shrub, Viburnum trilobum, of northern North America, having broad clusters of white flowers and edible scarlet berries.
  • honeysuckle family — the plant family Caprifoliaceae, typified by shrubs and woody vines having opposite leaves, clusters of usually flaring, narrow, tubular flowers, and various types of fruit, and including the elder, honeysuckle, snowberry, twinflower, and viburnum.
  • hydrofluorocarbons — Plural form of hydrofluorocarbon.
  • hyper-intellectual — appealing to or engaging the intellect: intellectual pursuits.
  • immunohistological — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
  • immunopharmacology — the branch of pharmacology concerned with the immune system
  • indecent behaviour — the offence of committing indecent acts
  • industrial vehicle — a vehicle designed for use in industry
  • jack-in-the-pulpit — A North American plant, Arisaema triphyllum, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a green or striped purplish-brown spathe.
  • launching ceremony — a ceremony that celebrates the launch of a ship for the first time into the water
  • leave in the lurch — a situation at the close of various games in which the loser scores nothing or is far behind the opponent.
  • lonely hearts club — a club for people who are trying to find a lover or a friend
  • louisiana purchase — a treaty signed with France in 1803 by which the U.S. purchased for $15,000,000 the land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
  • medium of exchange — anything generally accepted as representing a standard of value and exchangeable for goods or services.
  • miniature pinscher — one of a German breed of toy dogs resembling a smaller version of the Doberman pinscher, having a flat skull, a smooth coat, erect ears, and a docked tail, bred originally as a watchdog.
  • mozambique channel — a channel in SE Africa, between Mozambique and Madagascar. 950 miles (1530 km) long; 250–550 miles (400–885 km) wide.
  • much of a muchness — very similar
  • multimedia machine — machines that allow users to control and manipulate sound, video, text and graphics
  • natural childbirth — childbirth involving little or no use of drugs or anesthesia and usually involving a program in which the mother is psychologically and physically prepared for the birth process.
  • naval architecture — the science of designing ships and other waterborne craft.
  • neurophysiological — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychodynamic — Of or pertaining to neuropsychodynamics.
  • neuropsychological — Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
  • north truchas peak — a mountain in N New Mexico, near Santa Fe: one of the three Truchas Peaks. 13,110 feet (3999 meters).
  • not to have a clue — to be completely baffled
  • oil of catechumens — holy oil used in baptism, the ordination of a cleric, the coronation of a sovereign, or in the consecration of a church.
  • on the back burner — low priority
  • orthotungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2WO4
  • parachute regiment — an airborne regiment of an army
  • pennsylvania dutch — the descendants of 17th- and 18th-century settlers in Pennsylvania from southwest Germany and Switzerland.
  • phoenician juniper — a type of juniper that is found in the Mediterranean region
  • physical education — systematic instruction in sports, exercises, and hygiene given as part of a school or college program.
  • pitch-and-run shot — chip shot.
  • plumber's merchant — a shop or business that sells things needed for the job of installing and repairing pipes, fixtures, etc, for water, drainage, and gas
  • pseudo-anarchistic — a person who advocates or believes in anarchy or anarchism.
  • publishing company — a firm which publishes books
  • pulp canal therapy — endodontics.
  • purchasing officer — the member of staff in an organization who is responsible for buying goods or products
  • puvis de chavannes — Puvis de [py-vee duh] /püˈvi də/ (Show IPA), Puvis de Chavannes, Pierre.
  • quite the contrary — not at all, the very opposite
  • repayment schedule — a document detailing the specific terms of a borrower's loan, such as monthly payment, interest rate, due dates etc
  • roman architecture — buildings in style of ancient Rome
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