13-letter words containing h, o, n, u, r
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hors concours — noting an artist, architect, or the like, not competing or not qualified to compete for the prizes in an exhibit or competition.
- hot cross bun — a bun with a cross of frosting on it, eaten chiefly during Lent.
- house journal — a publication produced for the employees of a company or organization in order to keep them updated with news and events
- house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
- house painter — a person whose occupation is painting houses.
- house surgeon — a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call.
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-trained — housebroken.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housepainters — Plural form of housepainter.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- hudson strait — a strait connecting Hudson Bay and the Atlantic. 450 miles (725 km) long; 100 miles (160 km) wide.
- humorlessness — The state, quality, or condition of lacking humor.
- 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.
- hunter's moon — the first full moon following the harvest moon in late September or early October.
- hunter's robe — pothos.
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- 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.
- hydronium ion — the hydrogen ion bonded to a molecule of water, H 3 O + , the form in which hydrogen ions are found in aqueous solution.
- hymenopterous — belonging or pertaining to the Hymenoptera, an order of insects having, when winged, four membranous wings, and comprising the wasps, bees, ants, ichneumon flies, and sawflies.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- hypoperfusion — (medicine) Decreased perfusion of blood through an organ.
- hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
- ill-nourished — underfed or inadequately fed
- immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inner harbour — a part of a harbour which is further inland
- isochronously — In an isochronous manner.
- joint honours — an honours university degree in which a student studies two separate subjects, as opposed to a single subject
- junior school — a school for children aged seven to eleven, similar to a U.S. elementary school.
- jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
- lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- monmouthshire — a historic county in E Wales, now part of Gwent, Mid Glamorgan, and South Glamorgan.
- mother nature — a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.
- mother tongue — the language first learned by a person; native language.
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.