16-letter words containing h, o, n, u, r
- three-point turn — When the driver of a vehicle does a three-point turn, he or she turns the vehicle by driving forwards in a curve, then backwards in a curve, and then forwards in a curve.
- to hold your own — If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.
- to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
- train of thought — sequence of ideas
- twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
- uncomprehensible — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- under the plough — If an area of land is under the plough, it is used for growing crops. If land is brought or put under the plough, it is ploughed for the first time and is then used for growing crops.
- undernourishment — If someone is suffering from undernourishment, they have poor health because they are not eating enough food or are eating the wrong kind of food.
- uniformed branch — the branch of a police force in which officers wear a uniform
- union membership — members of a trade union
- unmarried mother — a woman who has a baby while she is not married
- unpublished work — a literary work that has not been reproduced for sale or publicly distributed.
- upper lough erne — a lough in Northern Ireland, fed by the river Erne
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
- voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
- wheel of fortune — wheel (def 9).
- wheelchair-bound — unable to walk through injury, illness, etc and relying on a wheelchair to move around
- without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
- wrought ironwork — decorative work in wrought iron