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11-letter words containing i, n, h, u

  • saurischian — any herbivorous or carnivorous dinosaur of the order Saurischia, having a three-pronged pelvis resembling that of a crocodile. Compare ornithischian.
  • schizanthus — any of several plants of the genus Schizanthus, native to Chile, having numerous variously colored flowers resembling small orchids.
  • schrödinbug — (jargon, programming)   /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
  • schuschnigg — Kurt von [kurt von;; German koort fuh n] /kɜrt vɒn;; German kurt fən/ (Show IPA) (1897–1977), Austrian statesman in the U.S.: Chancellor of Austria 1934–38.
  • schweinfurt — a city in N Bavaria, in S central Germany, on the Main River.
  • shanhaiguan — a city in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Gulf of Liaodong: strategically located at the E end of the Great Wall.
  • shine up to — to give forth or glow with light; shed or cast light.
  • shower unit — fitted shower
  • showjumping — horseriding event
  • shroud-line — a cloth or sheet in which a corpse is wrapped for burial.
  • shufflingly — in the manner of a shuffle
  • shunamitism — the rejuvenation of an old man by sleeping with a young woman, although not necessarily having sex with her
  • single-hung — (of a window) having two sashes, only one of which is movable.
  • sound shift — a gradual alteration or series of alterations in the pronunciation of a set of sounds, esp of vowels
  • southernism — a pronunciation, expression, or behavioral trait characteristic of the U.S. South.
  • southernize — to make or become southern
  • southington — a town in central Connecticut.
  • springhouse — a small storehouse built over a spring or part of a brook, for keeping such foods as meat and dairy products cool and fresh.
  • square inch — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one inch on each side; 6.452 square centimeters. 2 , sq. in. Abbreviation: in.
  • squishiness — soft and wet: The ground was squishy from the rain.
  • studentship — the state or condition of being a student.
  • sub-chronic — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
  • sub-heading — a title or heading of a subdivision, as in a chapter, essay, or newspaper article.
  • subchairman — a subordinate or substitute chairman.
  • subharmonic — an oscillation that has a frequency which is an integral submultiple of the frequency of a related oscillation.
  • súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
  • sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
  • surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
  • surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
  • symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • the antique — the style of ancient art, esp Greek or Roman art, or an example of it
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
  • this minute — immediately, without delay
  • thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
  • thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
  • thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
  • thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
  • tubthumping — to promote something or express opinions vociferously.
  • tuning head — the part of a stringed instrument where the tension of the strings is adjusted by means of screwed pegs.
  • turkish van — a breed of cat with soft white semi-long hair and coloured markings on the head and tail
  • turnip moth — a common noctuid moth, Agrotis segetum, drab grey-brown in colour, the larvae of which feed on root crops and brassica stems
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