8-letter words containing h, o, n, u
- seahound — a dogfish
- shenzhou — any of a series of manned Chinese spacecraft
- shouting — loud cries, yells
- shutdown — a shutting down, as of a factory, school, or machine; a termination or suspension of operations, services, or business activity: a partial government shutdown; an emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor.
- sihanouk — Prince Norodom [nawr-uh-dom,, -duh m] /ˈnɔr əˌdɒm,, -dəm/ (Show IPA), 1922–2004, Cambodian statesman: premier 1952–60; chief of state 1960–70 and 1975–76.
- snoutish — rather resembling a snout
- snowbush — any of several ornamental shrubs having a profusion of white flowers, as Ceanothus cordulatus, of the buckthorn family, native to western North America.
- souchong — a variety of black tea grown in India and Sri Lanka.
- southern — lying toward, situated in, or directed toward the south.
- southing — a cardinal point of the compass lying directly opposite north. Abbreviation: S.
- southron — Southern U.S. southerner (def 2).
- sulphone — any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis
- sunchoke — Jerusalem artichoke (def 2).
- sunporch — a room with large windows and often a glass roof, built around one of the main entrances to a building
- thankyou — If you refer to something as a thankyou for what someone has done for you, you mean that it is intended as a way of thanking them.
- thin out — diminish, dissipate
- thonburi — a city in S Thailand, near Bangkok.
- thousand — a cardinal number, 10 times 100.
- thurmond — (James) Strom [strom] /strɒm/ (Show IPA), 1902–2003, U.S. politician.
- thurston — a male given name: from a Scandinavian word meaning “Thor's stone.”.
- tithonus — the son of Laomedon of Troy who was loved by the goddess Eos. She asked that he be made immortal but forgot to ask that he be made eternally young. When he aged, she turned him into a grasshopper
- tongzhou — former name of Nantong.
- touch on — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
- touching — affecting; moving; pathetic: a touching scene of farewell.
- tungchow — Tongzhou.
- unanchor — to remove or loose from anchor
- unbishop — to remove (someone) from the position of bishop
- unbought — simple past tense and past participle of buy.
- unchosen — a past participle of choose.
- unclothe — to strip of clothes.
- unfought — (of a victory, battle, etc) not fought
- unhallow — to desecrate; profane.
- unheroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- unholily — in an unholy manner
- unhomely — not homely
- unkosher — Judaism. fit or allowed to be eaten or used, according to the dietary or ceremonial laws: kosher meat; kosher dishes; a kosher tallith. adhering to the laws governing such fitness: a kosher restaurant.
- unmodish — passé, unfashionable
- unpolish — to remove polish from, to make imperfect
- unshadow — to remove a shadow from
- unshroud — to divest of a shroud or something that shrouds or hides: to unshroud a corpse; to unshroud a mystery.
- unsmooth — coarse or unrefined
- unsought — simple past tense and past participle of seek.
- unthrone — to dethrone or remove as if by dethroning.
- unworthy — not worthy; lacking worth or excellence.
- vouching — to support as being true, certain, reliable, etc. (usually followed by for): Her record in office vouches for her integrity.
- whodunit — a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- xanthous — yellow.
- yangzhou — a city in central Jiangsu province, in E China.
- youngish — somewhat young.