11-letter words containing h, u

northumbria — an early English kingdom extending N from the Humber to the Firth of Forth.
not much of — not to any appreciable degree or extent
not so much — less
nothing but — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
nototherium — an extinct Pleistocene rhinoceros-sized marsupial of the genus Nototherium, related to the wombats
noun phrase — a construction that functions syntactically as a noun, consisting of a noun and any modifiers, as all the men in the room who are reading books, or of a noun substitute, as a pronoun.
nourishable — able to be nourished; benefiting from nourishment
nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
null method — a method of measurement using an electrical device, as a Wheatstone bridge, in which the quantity to be measured is balanced by an opposing known quantity that is varied until the resultant of the two is zero.
nun's cloth — a thin soft plain-weave silk or worsted fabric used for veils, dresses, etc
nunnishness — the condition of relating to or having a similarity to a nun
nurse shark — any of several sharks of the family Orectolobidae, especially Ginglymostoma cirratum, occurring in shallow waters from Rhode Island to Brazil and the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
nyctanthous — (of plants) flowering at night
of the hour — most prominent at this time
olethreutid — any of numerous brown or gray moths of the family Olethreutidae having mottled or banded wings and forewings, each with a truncated tip, including many crop pests, as the codling moth or oriental fruit moth.
on schedule — with no delay
on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
on the hour — If something happens on the hour, it happens every hour at, for example, nine o'clock, ten o'clock, and so on, and not at any number of minutes past an hour.
on the jump — in a hurry
on the outs — on unfriendly terms
on the turn — at the point of change
onslaughter — An onslaught.
open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
opera house — a theater devoted chiefly to operas.
ophidiarium — an enclosure for snakes, adapted to their normal living conditions
ornithosaur — an extinct flying reptile
orphan drug — Pharmacology. a drug that remains undeveloped or untested or is otherwise neglected because of limited potential for commercial gain.
orthohelium — (physics) Form of the helium atom in which the spins of the two electrons are parallel.
otter hound — one of an English breed of water dogs having a thick, shaggy, oily coat, trained to hunt otter.
out of hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
out with it — a command to make something known immediately, without missing any details
out-a-sight — out-of-sight.
outfighting — a battle or combat.
outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
outweighing — Present participle of outweigh.
overburthen — to overburden
overdraught — (chiefly, British) An overdraft.
overfraught — too fraught
overhunting — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
overnourish — to sustain with food or nutriment; supply with what is necessary for life, health, and growth.
overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
oxyrhynchus — a fish found in the Nile, sometimes depicted on Egyptian sculptures and coins
oxysulphide — a compound containing an element combined with oxygen and sulphur
pan crusher — A pan crusher is a crusher in which solids are broken by a wheel which is turning in a pan.

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