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16-letter words containing h, u, n, y

  • the caine mutiny — a novel by Herman Wouk, later made into a film
  • the easter bunny — the rabbit that brings Easter eggs
  • the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
  • the human comedy — French La Comédie Humaine. a collected edition of tales and novels in 17 volumes (1842–48) by Honoré de Balzac.
  • the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
  • the oil industry — the industry that produces and delivers petroleum and petroleum products
  • the sex industry — a commercial sector that employs sex workers in prostitution, pornography, etc.
  • the west country — the southwest of England, esp Cornwall, Devon, and Somerset
  • there's no hurry — If you say to someone 'There's no hurry' or 'I'm in no hurry' you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately.
  • to hold your own — If you hold your own, you are able to resist someone who is attacking or opposing you.
  • to try your hand — If you try your hand at an activity, you attempt to do it, usually for the first time.
  • twenty-four-hour — lasting for twenty-four hours
  • uninhabitability — to live or dwell in (a place), as people or animals: Small animals inhabited the woods.
  • ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
  • voluntary helper — a person who aids or assists in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
  • voluntary school — a school that promotes specific religious beliefs and which is funded by a local education authority but was not established by the authority
  • what do you know — People sometimes say 'What do you know!' when they are very surprised about something.
  • wild honeysuckle — pinxter flower.
  • without ceremony — in a casual or informal manner
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