11-letter words containing h, o, n, u
- exhumations — Plural form of exhumation.
- fair enough — that is reasonable
- farnborough — a town in S England, in NE Hampshire: military base, with an aeronautical research centre. Pop: 57 147 (2001)
- fine bouche — a refined taste; educated palate.
- flesh wound — a wound that does not penetrate beyond the flesh; a slight or superficial wound.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- foundership — The condition of having founded something.
- four-handed — involving four hands or players, as a game at cards: Bridge is usually a four-handed game.
- fourteenths — Plural form of fourteenth.
- fox hunting — a sport in which mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox.
- fox-hunting — a sport in which mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox.
- from hunger — a compelling need or desire for food.
- fucoxanthin — a brown carotenoid pigment occurring in brown algae, diatoms, and dinoflagellates.
- fundholders — Plural form of fundholder.
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- furthcoming — an action raised to recover property which has been arrested in the hands of a third party
- fushionless — lacking strength or spirit
- gang plough — a plough having two or more shares, coulters, and mouldboards designed to work simultaneously
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- ground-fish — bottom-fish.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
- groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
- growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- habituation — the act of habituating.
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- hand around — If you hand around or hand round something such as food, you pass it from one person to another in a group.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
- harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
- haunch bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haunch-bone — the ilium or hipbone.
- haute-saone — a department in E France. 2075 sq. mi. (5375 sq. km). Capital: Vesoul.
- heinousness — The property of being heinous.
- hell around — the place or state of punishment of the wicked after death; the abode of evil and condemned spirits; Gehenna or Tartarus.
- helminthous — having intestinal worms