13-letter words containing n, u, g
- homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
- homologoumena — the books in the New Testament generally held as authoritative and canonical by the early church.
- hong xiu quan — 1814–64, Chinese religious leader and revolutionary. Claiming (1851) to be Christ's brother, he led the Taiping rebellion; committed suicide when it was defeated
- honour bright — an exclamation pledging honour
- house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
- house surgeon — a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call.
- house-hunting — the act of searching for a house to buy or rent
- house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
- house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- hundredweight — Also called cental, quintal. a unit of avoirdupois weight commonly equivalent to 100 pounds (45.359 kilograms) in the U.S. Abbreviation: cwt.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
- hunting knife — a large, sharp knife, usually with a handle shaped to fit a firm grip and a blade with a slight curve toward the tip, that is used to skin and cut up game, or sometimes to dispatch it.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hunting pinks — the traditional attire worn by people in Britain while fox hunting, the distinguishing feature of which is a scarlet jacket
- hunting rifle — shotgun used to kill game
- hunting sword — a short, light saber of the 18th century, having a straight or slightly curved blade.
- hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
- husking (bee) — cornhusking (sense 2)
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
- immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
- immunogenesis — the production of an immune response
- immunological — (immunology) Of, or relating to immunology.
- in full swing — to cause to move to and fro, sway, or oscillate, as something suspended from above: to swing one's arms in walking.
- inaugurations — Plural form of inauguration.
- incongruences — not congruent.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- india drugget — drugget (def 1).
- indigo squill — wild hyacinth.
- individuating — Present participle of individuate.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- ingeniousness — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
- ingenuousness — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
- ingurgitating — Present participle of ingurgitate.