12-letter words containing s, h, u, n
- magnus hitch — a knot similar to a clove hitch but taking one more turn around the object to which the line is being bent; rolling hitch.
- malnourished — poorly or improperly nourished; suffering from malnutrition: thin, malnourished victims of the famine.
- manslaughter — Law. the unlawful killing of a human being without malice aforethought.
- meetinghouse — A Quaker place of worship.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mesognathous — having medium, slightly protruding jaws.
- metachronous — Medicine/Medical. occurring at a different time than a similar event: metachronous tumors.
- metagnathous — Ornithology. having the tips of the mandibles crossed, as the crossbills.
- midnight sun — the sun visible at midnight in mid-summer in arctic and antarctic regions.
- mirthfulness — joyous; cheerful; jolly; merry: a mirthful laugh.
- mischanceful — unlucky
- monadelphous — (of stamens) united into one bundle or set by their filaments.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monostichous — (of parts) forming one row
- monotrichous — (of bacteria) having a single flagellum at one pole.
- mount pisgah — the mountain slopes to the northeast of the Dead Sea, from one of which, Mount Nebo, Moses viewed Canaan
- mount shasta — Mount, a volcanic peak in N California, in the Cascade Range. 14,161 feet (4315 meters).
- mountain ash — variety of tree
- musicianship — knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
- mutton chops — side whiskers trimmed in the shape of chops, widening out from the temples
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophilous — displaying a preference for dead tissue, esp of certain bacteria and insects
- necrophorous — denoting animals, such as certain beetles, that carry away the bodies of dead animals
- neurasthenia — Psychiatry. (not in technical use) nervous debility and exhaustion occurring in the absence of objective causes or lesions; nervous exhaustion.
- neurasthenic — pertaining to or suffering from neurasthenia.
- neurochemist — A researcher or other professional in the field of neurochemistry.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- neuropathist — a specialist in treating diseases of the nervous system; a neurologist
- neutrophiles — (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.
- neutrosophic — Neutrosophy
- neutrosphere — the part of the atmosphere whose constituents are, for the most part, electrically neutral, extending from the earth's surface to the base of the ionosphere.
- nielsbohrium — dubnium: symbol, Ns: the name originally proposed by Russian scientists for this element
- nigiri-zushi — cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, usually shaped into bite-size pieces and topped with raw seafood (nigiri-zushi) or formed into a long seaweed-wrapped roll, often around strips of vegetable or raw fish, and sliced into bite-size pieces (maki-zushi)
- nitrophilous — (of plants) growing in soil well supplied with nitrogen
- no such luck — You can say 'No such luck' when you want to express your disappointment over something.
- noncrushable — (of a container, material, etc) not easily crushed
- nonhazardous — Not hazardous; safe.
- nonscheduled — not scheduled; not entered on or having a schedule; unscheduled: nonscheduled activities.
- nourishments — Plural form of nourishment.
- np-hilarious — (humour) An algorithm whose complexity is a joke, either literally, as in BogoSort, or metaphorically.
- nucleophiles — Plural form of nucleophile.
- nursing home — a private residential institution equipped to care for persons unable to look after themselves, as the aged or chronically ill.
- odd-man rush — an attacking move when the defence is outnumbered by the opposing team
- old chestnut — old saying, cliché
- on the house — a building in which people live; residence for human beings.
- on the stump — If politicians are on the stump, they are campaigning for an election.