13-letter words containing n, u, c, h, a
- chun doo hwan — born 1931, South Korean political leader: president 1980–88.
- churchmanship — The craft or skill of being a churchman. (from 17th c.).
- churchwardens — Plural form of churchwarden.
- cinchonaceous — relating to cinchona
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- club sandwich — a sandwich consisting of three or more slices of toast or bread with a filling
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- cough and die — (jargon) barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.
- counterthreat — an opposing or retaliatory threat
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- cushion plant — a type of low-growing plant having many closely spaced short upright shoots, typical of alpine and arctic habitats
- custodianship — the condition of being a custodian
- debauchedness — The state or quality of being debauched.
- decamethonium — a drug that is used to relax or loosen the muscles
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dutch auction — a method of auction consisting in the offer of a property at a price above the actual value and then at gradually reduced prices until a buyer is found.
- dzibilchaltun — a large, ancient Mayan ceremonial and commercial center near Mérida, Mexico, founded perhaps as early as 3000 b.c. and in continuous use until the 16th century.
- ethnocultural — Relating to or denoting a particular ethnic group.
- euphausiacean — a member of the Euphausiacea order of small shrimplike crustaceans
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- fruit machine — gambling: slot machine
- funeral march — march played for funeral processions
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
- hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
- hallucination — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- hallucinative — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
- hash function — (programming) A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
- haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- honoris causa — for the sake of honour
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.