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13-letter words containing h, o, n, u

  • changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.
  • charnel house — A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.
  • checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
  • chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicken louse — a louse, Menopon pallidum (or gallinae); a parasite of poultry: order Mallophaga (bird lice)
  • chlorocruorin — an oxygen-carrying substance that is found in the tissues of members of the division Annelida that is green in colour when oxygen is not present
  • chondromatous — a benign cartilaginous tumor or growth.
  • chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
  • churchpersons — Plural form of churchperson.
  • churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
  • cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clock puncher — a worker with a routine job in a factory or office, as one who punches a time clock at the beginning and end of a work shift.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • column inches — the amount of coverage given to a story in a newspaper
  • compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
  • conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
  • conduct sheet — a form for detailing information about a person's offences and punishments
  • conductorship — The position of conductor of an orchestra.
  • contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
  • couch surfing — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
  • couch-hopping — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
  • cough and die — (jargon)   barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
  • council house — In Britain, a council house is a house that is owned by a local council and that people can rent at a low cost.
  • counselorship — The function and rank or office of a counselor.
  • counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
  • counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
  • counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
  • countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
  • counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
  • counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
  • countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
  • counterthesis — A thesis that rebuts another.
  • counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
  • counterthrust — an opposing or retaliatory thrust, esp in warfare or combat sports
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
  • countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
  • country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
  • court hearing — an official meeting held in court
  • cushion cover — a fabric cover, often with a decorative design, designed to protect a cushion
  • cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
  • custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
  • cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
  • decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
  • dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
  • dendrophilous — living in or on trees; arboreal.
  • depth sounder — an instrument for determining depths under water, especially under a ship.
  • diathermanous — the property of transmitting heat as electromagnetic radiation.
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