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13-letter words containing h, u

  • as much again — twice as much
  • aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
  • at the double — at twice normal marching speed
  • auction house — a commercial company that specializes in selling items at auction
  • auction pitch — a variety of all fours in which players bid to determine the trump or pitch.
  • audiographics — audiographic teleconferencing
  • aum shinrikyo — a syncretistic Japanese cult combining elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity, founded by Shoko Asahara in 1986; responsible for a number of murders and in particular a nerve-gas attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995
  • autapomorphic — (biology) Describing any characteristic that has evolved in only a single species (or other taxon).
  • auteur theory — the theory that creative directors are the major force in film-making
  • authentically — not false or copied; genuine; real: an authentic antique.
  • authenticated — Prove or show (something, esp. a claim or an artistic work) to be true or genuine.
  • authenticates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate.
  • authenticator — a person or thing that authenticates.
  • authorisation — Alternative spelling of authorization.
  • authoritarian — If you describe a person or an organization as authoritarian, you are critical of them controlling everything rather than letting people decide things for themselves.
  • authoritative — Someone or something that is authoritative gives an impression of power and importance and is likely to be obeyed.
  • authorization — an authorizing or being authorized
  • autobiography — Your autobiography is an account of your life, which you write yourself.
  • autocatharsis — a therapeutic process designed to free unconscious disturbances by having the patient write about his or her experiences, impressions, etc.
  • autocephalous — (of an Eastern Christian Church) governed by its own national synods and appointing its own patriarchs or prelates
  • autochthonous — (of rocks, deposits, etc) found where they and their constituents were formed
  • autographical — Relating to, or used in, the process of autography.
  • automatograph — a device for recording involuntary bodily movements.
  • automechanism — an automatic mechanical system or component, especially a device that operates automatically under predetermined conditions.
  • autorickshaws — Plural form of autorickshaw.
  • autoschediasm — anything done with little forethought or preparation
  • autoschediaze — to do or act with little forethought or preparation
  • azurmalachite — a blue-green ornamental stone consisting of a mixture of azurite and malachite.
  • baba ghanoush — a thick purée of aubergines, tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic, originating in North Africa and the Mediterranean
  • back-up light — a light on the rear of a motor vehicle to warn others that the vehicle is being reversed
  • balloon chuck — a lathe chuck having the form of a hollow hemisphere, for enclosing and holding small parts, as balance staffs of watches, so that only their ends are exposed.
  • banking hours — the hours during which a bank is open for business
  • banking house — a more formal term for a bank
  • bathtub curve — Common term for the curve (resembling an end-to-end section of one of those claw-footed antique bathtubs) that describes the expected failure rate of electronics with time: initially high, dropping to near 0 for most of the system's lifetime, then rising again as it "tires out". See also burn-in period, infant mortality.
  • bathurst burr — an Australian plant, Xanthium spinosum, having numerous hooked burrs that became entangled in sheep's wool
  • bearer cheque — a cheque payable to the person who has it
  • beat the drum — a musical percussion instrument consisting of a hollow, usually cylindrical, body covered at one or both ends with a tightly stretched membrane, or head, which is struck with the hand, a stick, or a pair of sticks, and typically produces a booming, tapping, or hollow sound.
  • beehive house — a prehistoric circular building found in various parts of Europe, usually of stone and having a dome-shaped roof
  • beehive round — an artillery shell that ejects thousands of naillike metal projectiles on exploding.
  • behaviourally — from a behavioural point of view
  • bell purchase — a tackle consisting of two standing single blocks, two running single blocks, a fall, and a runner, so arranged that it gives a mechanical advantage of six, neglecting friction.
  • benjamin-bush — Also called spice-wood. a yellow-flowered, North American shrub, Lindera benzoin, of the laurel family, whose bark and leaves have a spicy odor.
  • bible-thumper — an enthusiastic or aggressive exponent of the Bible
  • bio-autograph — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • bioautography — an analytical technique in which organic compounds are separated by chromatography and identified by studying their effects on microorganisms.
  • birthday suit — If you are in your birthday suit, you are not wearing any clothes.
  • bite the dust — to fail completely or cease to exist
  • blanchisseuse — a washer-woman
  • blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
  • blue rockfish — a bluish-black rockfish, Sebastodes mystinus, inhabiting Pacific coastal waters of North America.
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