10-letter words containing h, o, n, u, r
- ring-shout — a group dance of West African origin introduced into parts of the southern U.S. by black revivalists, performed by shuffling counterclockwise in a circle while answering shouts of a preacher with corresponding shouts, and held to be, in its vigorous antiphonal patterns, a source in the development of jazz.
- rock hound — a geologist.
- rock-hound — a geologist.
- rough spin — hard or unfair treatment
- rough-hewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- rough-sawn — (of wood) used as originally cut, without smoothing or sanding: shingles of rough-sawn cedar.
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- round hand — a style of handwriting in which the letters are round, full, and clearly separated.
- roundheels — a prostitute.
- roundhouse — a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school run — The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school.
- scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- showground — outdoor events venue
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- superphone — a telephone with a high-speed processor that can perform many of the functions of a computer
- synthronus — a combined throne for a bishop and his presbyters
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- trunk show — a showing and sale in a retail store of an entire collection of clothing, jewelry, etc., from a particular designer.
- turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- unanchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
- unbothered — not experiencing mental or physical discomfort: He was unbothered by the cold. He was unbothered about not being picked for the team.
- unbroached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
- under oath — having sworn to tell the truth
- underbough — a low-lying tree branch
- undershoot — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underthrow — to throw a ball or other object short of (the intended receiver or target)
- unharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- unheard of — that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- unheard-of — that was never heard of; unknown: an unheard-of artist.
- unhistoric — not famous or important in history
- unhonoured — not honoured
- unhumorous — without humour
- unitholder — a person who owns a unit of something
- unmotherly — not motherly
- unorthodox — not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy; not orthodox: an unorthodox ideology.
- unscorched — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
- unshowered — not having been showered
- unshrouded — to divest of a shroud or something that shrouds or hides: to unshroud a corpse; to unshroud a mystery.
- unthorough — executed without negligence or omissions: a thorough search.