12-letter words containing s, h, u, n
- charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
- charnelhouse — Alternative form of charnel house.
- chauvinistic — If you describe someone as chauvinistic, you believe that they think their own country is more important and morally better than any other.
- cheerfulness — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- chestnut oak — any of several North American oaks, as Quercus prinus, having serrate or dentate leaves resembling those of the chestnut.
- chinese burn — a minor torture inflicted by twisting the skin of a person's wrist or arm in two different directions simultaneously
- chinese tour — a tour in which visitors are shown only what those in charge want them to see.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- cliquishness — The state of being cliquish.
- column shift — A column shift is a gearshift lever mounted on the steering column.
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- cottonmouths — Plural form of cottonmouth.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- cushion pink — a low-growing mountain plant, Silene acaulis, of Europe and North America, having deep pink to purplish, solitary flowers and forming mosslike patches on rocky or barren ground.
- dehumanising — Present participle of dehumanise.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- disburthened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburthen.
- dishonouring — Present participle of dishonour.
- dreadnoughts — Plural form of dreadnought.
- droughtiness — Dryness of the weather; lack of rain.
- duck-shoving — the evasion of responsibility by someone
- duncan smith — (George) Iain. born 1954, British politician; leader of the Conservative Party (2001–03); secretary of state for work and pensions (2010–2016)
- eating house — a restaurant or other place where one can eat
- echinococcus — any of a number of tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus whose larvae are parasitic in humans and domestic animals.
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- engine house — a building in which engines, as fire engines, railroad locomotives, etc., are housed
- enthusiastic — Having or showing intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.
- eunuchoidism — A syndrome in males with a lack of sex characteristics due to lack of proper male sex hormones.
- euphoniously — In a euphonious manner.
- euphoniumist — Someone who plays the euphonium.
- euthanasiast — a person who advocates euthanasia
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- extinguished — Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
- extinguisher — Anything that extinguishes something; but especially a fire extinguisher.
- extinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of extinguish.
- fair housing — the sale and rental of private housing free of discriminatory practices or policies.
- faithfulness — strict or thorough in the performance of duty: a faithful worker.
- fashiousness — the quality of being fashious; troublesomeness
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- flourishment — The act or state of flourishing.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- fulton sheen — Fulton (John) 1895–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman, writer, and teacher.
- furnishments — Plural form of furnishment.
- gainsborough — Thomas, 1727–88, English painter.