9-letter words containing h, o, n, u
- kluckhohn — Clyde (Kay Maben) [mey-buh n] /ˈmeɪ bən/ (Show IPA), 1905–60, American anthropologist.
- krumhorns — Plural form of krumhorn.
- krummhorn — A medieval wind instrument with an enclosed double reed and an upward-curving end, producing an even, nasal sound.
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- limehound — Alternative form of lyam-hound.
- long haul — journey: long-distance
- long-haul — line-haul.
- longhouse — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.
- luna moth — a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lunchhook — Usually, lunchhooks. hands.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- luton hoo — a mansion near Luton in Bedfordshire: built (1766–67) for the 3rd Earl of Bute by Robert Adam; rebuilt in the 19th century: houses the Wernher Collection of tapestries, porcelain, and paintings
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- monohulls — Plural form of monohull.
- mouthings — Plural form of mouthing.
- munch out — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- mushmelon — muskmelon.
- naphthous — of, relating to or derived from naphtha
- neighbour — a person who lives near another.
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- neuropath — A person affected by nervous disease, or with an abnormally sensitive nervous system.
- newshound — A newspaper reporter.
- night out — evening or nighttime social outing
- non-human — Non-human means not human or not produced by humans.
- nonauthor — a person who is not an author
- nonchurch — not associated with the Christian church
- nonhunter — a person or thing that does not hunt
- nothosaur — An extinct semiaquatic carnivorous reptile of the Triassic period, having a slender body and long neck, related to the plesiosaurs.
- noughties — The decade from 2000 to 2009.
- nourished — Simple past tense and past participle of nourish.
- nourisher — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- nourishes — Plural form of nourish.
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- nut house — a mental hospital; insane asylum.
- oathbound — Bound by an oath.
- onrushing — Rushing or flowing forward.
- onslaught — an onset, assault, or attack, especially a vigorous one.
- oughtlins — in the least; to the least degree.
- oughtness — the state of being right
- outhandle — to handle or operate in a superior way to: That car outhandles all others in its class.
- outlaunch — to send out
- outshined — to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- outshines — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outshine.
- overhuman — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- penthouse — an apartment or dwelling on the roof of a building, usually set back from the outer walls.