12-letter words containing h, o, n, u
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chota nagpur — a plateau in E India, mainly in Jharkhand state since 2000: forested, with rich mineral resources and much heavy industry; produces chiefly lac (world's leading supplier), coal (half India's total output), and mica
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- common touch — the ability to communicate with, appeal to, or inspire ordinary people.
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cotton mouth — a venomous snake, Agkistrodon (Ancistrodon) piscivorus, of swamps in southeastern U.S., that grows to about 4 feet (1.2 meters).
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- counter hand — a person who works behind a counter; assistant
- countercharm — an object or action that is capable of destroying a magical charm
- countercheck — a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- counterearth — (in Pythagorean astronomy) a planet, out of sight from our part of the earth, whose shadow upon the sun and moon, cast by a central fire that is also out of sight, causes the eclipses.
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countermarch — to march or cause to march back along the same route
- counterpunch — to punch an attacking opponent; return an attack
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- curtain hook — a hook used to attach a curtain to a curtain rail
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- deinotherium — any member of the genus Deinotherium, consisting of mammals resembling elephants that existed during the Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene epochs
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- do honour to — to pay homage to
- dolphinarium — An aquarium in which dolphins are kept and trained for public entertainment.
- donald knuth — (person) Donald E. Knuth, the author of the TeX document formatting system, Metafont its font-design program and the 3 volume computer science "Bible" of algorithms, "The Art of Computer Programming". Knuth suggested the name "Backus-Naur Form" and was also involved in the SOL simulation language, and developed the WEB literate programming system. See also MIX, Turingol.
- double-think — illogical or deliberately perverse thinking in terms that distort or reverse the truth to make it more acceptable
- doughnutlike — Resembling a doughnut.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- dutch borneo — the former name of the southern and larger part of the island of Borneo: now part of Indonesia.
- earth tongue — any of a group of fungi of the phylum Ascomycota, characterized by a tongue-shaped fruiting body, found on decaying logs and damp soil.
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- ellenborough — Earl of, title of Edward Law. 1780–1871, British colonial administrator: governor general of India (1742–44)
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- engine house — a building in which engines, as fire engines, railroad locomotives, etc., are housed
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.