9-letter words containing h, o, n, u
- plough on — If you plough on, you continue moving or trying to complete something, even though it takes a lot of effort to go on.
- ploughing — an agricultural implement used for cutting, lifting, turning over, and partly pulverizing soil.
- ploughman — A ploughman is a man whose job it is to plough the land, especially with a plough pulled by horses or oxen.
- pothunter — a person who hunts for food or profit, ignoring the rules of sport.
- poyang hu — lake in N Jiangxi province, SE China: c. 1,000 sq mi (2,590 sq km)
- pro-hindu — a person, especially of northern India, who adheres to Hinduism.
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- push-down — a sudden, downward shift by an aircraft in the direction of the flight path.
- putonghua — the form of Chinese, based on the Beijing dialect of Mandarin, adopted as the official national language of China.
- qiongzhou — former name of Qiongshan.
- queenhood — the state, dignity, or rank of a queen.
- qui nhong — a port in SE Vietnam, on the South China Sea. Pop: 163 385 (1992 est)
- renourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
- rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals
- roughened — made rough
- roughhewn — to hew (timber, stone, etc.) roughly or without smoothing or finishing.
- roughneck — a rough, coarse person; a tough.
- roughness — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- roundhand — a style of handwriting with large rounded curves
- roundhead — a member or adherent of the Parliamentarians or Puritan party during the civil wars of the 17th century (so called in derision by the Cavaliers because they wore their hair cut short).
- roundheel — an eagerly immoral woman
- run short — having little length; not long.
- saphenous — of, relating to, or situated near the saphenous vein.
- scuncheon — sconcheon.
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- shippound — a Baltic measure of weight roughly equivalent to 300-400 pounds
- shogunate — the office or rule of a shogun.
- short run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- short-run — happening or presented for a short period of time: a short-run motion picture.
- shouldn't — Shouldn't is the usual spoken form of 'should not'.
- shoutline — a line of text in an advertisement made prominent to catch attention
- shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
- sloughing — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- slungshot — a weight attached to the end of a cord and used as a weapon
- snowbrush — a brush for clearing snow (from a car, path, etc)
- solothurn — a city in NW Switzerland, on the Aar River: capital of canton of Solothurn.
- southdown — one of an English breed of sheep, yielding mutton of high quality.
- southland — a southern area.
- sphagnous — pertaining to, abounding in, or consisting of sphagnum.
- staghound — a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.
- stoughton — a city in E Massachusetts.
- sun porch — a windowed porch or porchlike room having more window than wall area, intended to receive large amounts of sunlight.
- thank you — expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
- thank-you — expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.
- the sound — a strait between SW Sweden and Zealand (Denmark), linking the Kattegat with the Baltic: busy shipping lane; spanned by a bridge in 2000. Length of the strait: 113 km (70 miles). Narrowest point: 5 km (3 miles)
- the union — the United States of America, specif. when regarded as a federal union
- the yukon — a territory of NW Canada, on the Beaufort Sea, between the Northwest Territories and Alaska: arctic and mountainous, reaching 5959 m (19 550 ft) at Mount Logan, Canada's highest peak; mineral resources. Capital: Whitehorse. Pop: 33 897 (2011). Area: 536 327 sq km (207 076 sq miles)