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

not much chop — not much good; poor
not much of a — If you describe something as not much of a particular type of thing, you mean that it is small or of poor quality.
nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
novo hamburgo — a city in Rio Grande do Sul state, S Brazil.
number theory — the study of integers and their relation to one another.
nut chocolate — chocolate containing nuts
nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
ocean sunfish — a brown and gray mola, Mola mola, inhabiting tropical and temperate seas, having the posterior half of the body sharply truncated behind the elongated dorsal and anal fins.
octagon house — a type of American house, c. 1850, having an octagonal perimeter to reduce exterior wall area.
ombudsmanship — The position or office of an ombudsman.
on the bounce — in succession; one after the other
on the bubble — in a situation in which the outcome is uncertain but already in the process of being determined or decided
on the button — a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
on the double — twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.
on the square — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
one-punch law — a law prescribing punitive sentences for assault, including assault comprising a single blow
one-two punch — Also called one-two punch. Boxing. a left-hand jab immediately followed by a right cross.
one-upmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
open and shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
open-and-shut — immediately obvious upon consideration; easily decided: an open-and-shut case of murder.
opening hours — Opening hours are the times during which a shop, bank, library, or bar is open for business.
openmouthedly — in a manner filled with amazement and wonder
orange roughy — a marine food fish, Hoplosthenus atlanticus, of S Pacific waters
orange squash — an orange-flavoured drink made from fruit juice, sugar, and water
organolithium — (organic chemistry) Describing any organic compound containing a carbon to lithium bond.
orthognathous — straight-jawed; having the profile of the face vertical or nearly so; having a gnathic index below 98.
osborne house — a house near Cowes on the Isle of Wight: the favourite residence of Queen Victoria, who died there; now a convalescent home
outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
outwash plain — Geology. a broad, sloping landform built of coalesced deposits of outwash.
overnourished — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
packing house — A packing house is a company that processes and packs food, especially meat, to be sold.
parnell shout — a social occasion where each person in a group pays for his or her own entertainment or meal
parthenopaeus — a son of Hippomenes and Atalanta, and one of the Seven against Thebes.
pentadelphous — (of a plant) having its stamens arranged in five groups; (of stamens) being arranged in five groups
pentastichous — (of plant leaves) arranged in five vertical rows
perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
pharaoh hound — one of a breed of medium-sized gazehounds with a smooth coat, red to tan in color with white markings, and erect ears.
phonautograph — a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
phylloquinone — vitamin K1.
phytonutrient — phytochemical.
picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
plain yoghurt — natural yoghurt, without added flavouring
plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
pneumatograph — pneumograph.
pneumatophore — Botany. a specialized structure developed from the root in certain plants growing in swamps and marshes, serving as a respiratory organ.
poison sumach — an anacardiaceous swamp shrub, Rhus (or Toxicodendron) vernix of the southeastern US, that has greenish-white berries and causes an itching rash on contact with the skin
porcupinefish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
pound-foolish — not handling large sums of money wisely
print-through — the unwanted transfer of a recorded magnetic field pattern from one turn of magnetic tape to the preceding or succeeding turn on a reel, causing distortion
psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery

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