15-letter words containing h, o, n, u
- keep open house — to be always ready to provide hospitality
- kick into touch — to kick the ball out of the playing area and into touch
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- light pollution — unwanted or harmful light, as from bright street lights or neon signs.
- lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
- louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
- manukau harbour — an inlet of the Tasman Sea near Auckland in New Zealand on NW North Island
- marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- mind how you go — Some people say 'Mind how you go' when they are saying goodbye to someone who is leaving.
- mischievousness — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
- monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
- montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
- moravian church — a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church
- most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
- mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
- murphy-o'connor — Cormac. born 1932, British cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (2000–09)
- mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
- national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
- natural history — the sciences, as botany, mineralogy, or zoology, dealing with the study of all objects in nature: used especially in reference to the beginnings of these sciences in former times.
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- neo-lutheranism — a movement begun in the 19th century in Germany and Scandinavia to revive the orthodox principles, beliefs, and practices of the Lutheran Church.
- netzahualcoyotl — a city in S central Mexico, in the state of Mexico.
- neurobehavioral — of or relating to an approach to studying behavior that stresses the importance of nerve and brain function.
- neurochemically — In a neurochemical manner or context.
- neuroepithelial — Of or relating to the neuroepithelium.
- neuroepithelium — Embryology. the part of the embryonic ectoderm that gives rise to the nervous system.
- neurohypophyses — Plural form of neurohypophysis.
- neurohypophysis — See under pituitary gland.
- neuropathically — In a neuropathic way.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuroprosthesis — A prosthesis used to improve the function of an impaired nervous system.
- neuropsychiatry — the branch of medicine dealing with diseases involving the mind and nervous system.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- new south wales — a state in SE Australia. 309,433 sq. mi. (801,430 sq. km). Capital: Sydney.