14-letter words containing h, o, u, r, i
- trophoneurosis — a disorder caused by defective functioning of the trophic nerves
- trust hospital — a hospital that is run by an NHS trust which competes with other trusts for government funding
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- turkish coffee — a strong, usually sweetened coffee, made by boiling the pulverized coffee beans.
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- undernourished — not nourished with sufficient or proper food to maintain or promote health or normal growth.
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor
- unpraiseworthy — not worthy of praise
- unsynchronized — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- vitreous humor — the transparent gelatinous substance filling the eyeball behind the crystalline lens.
- well-nourished — having been provided with plenty of the material necessary for life and growth
- wellingborough — a town in central England, in Northamptonshire. Pop: 46 959 (2001)
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.
- without number — of too great a quantity to be counted; innumerable
- worshipfulness — The state or condition of being worshipful; reverence.