14-letter words containing s, h, u, n

murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
nature worship — a system of religion based on the deification and worship of natural forces and phenomena.
neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
neurochemicals — Plural form of neurochemical.
neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
neuromechanism — the function of the nervous system as it relates to its structure.
non-exhaustive — exhausting a subject, topic, etc.; comprehensive; thorough: He published an exhaustive study of Greek vases.
non-harmonious — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
non-homogenous — Biology. corresponding in structure because of a common origin.
non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
nonhomogeneous — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
nonsuch palace — a former royal palace in Cuddington in London: built in 1538 for Henry VIII; later visited by Elizabeth I, James I, Charles I, and Charles II; demolished (1682–1702)
nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
north st. paul — a town in E Minnesota.
nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
on the surface — to all appearances
one-upsmanship — the art or practice of achieving, demonstrating, or assuming superiority in one's rivalry with a friend or opponent by obtaining privilege, status, status symbols, etc.: the one-upmanship of getting into the president's car pool.
orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
out of fashion — no longer popular
outlandishness — The quality of being outlandish.
outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
parish council — local administrative body
photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
plymouth sound — an inlet of the English Channel in SW Devon, SW England
pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
polygon pusher — (Or "rectangle slinger"). A chip designer who spends most of his or her time at the physical layout level (which requires drawing *lots* of multi-coloured polygons).
porcupine fish — any of several fishes of the family Diodontidae, especially Diodon hystrix, of tropical seas, capable of inflating the body with water or air until it resembles a globe, with erection of the long spines covering the skin.
posthumousness — the fact of being posthumous
pound of flesh — the soft substance of a human or other animal body, consisting of muscle and fat.
printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
pro-euthanasia — Also called mercy killing. the act of putting to death painlessly or allowing to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering from an incurable, especially a painful, disease or condition.
pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
purse snatcher — wallet thief
push down list — (programming) (PDL) In ITS days, the preferred MITism for stack. See overflow pdl.

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