13-letter words containing s, u, h, a
- underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
- unestablished — not established.
- unethicalness — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- unfashionable — observant of or conforming to the fashion; stylish: a fashionable young woman.
- unfashionably — in an unfashionable manner
- unpublishable — not capable of being made available in print for distribution and sale
- unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
- unscratchable — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- unsmotherable — unquenchable
- unstaunchable — incapable of being stopped
- unstretchable — to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
- unwhistleable — incapable of being whistled
- up to scratch — to break, mar, or mark the surface of by rubbing, scraping, or tearing with something sharp or rough: to scratch one's hand on a nail.
- uttar pradesh — a state in N India: a former province of British India. 93,933 sq. mi. (243,286 sq. km). Capital: Lucknow.
- vannevar bush — (person) Dr. Vannevar Bush, 1890-1974. The man who invented hypertext, which he called memex, in the 1930s. Bush did his undergraduate work at Tufts College, where he later taught. His masters thesis (1913) included the invention of the Profile Tracer, used in surveying work to measure distances over uneven ground. In 1919, he joined MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering, where he stayed for twenty-five years. In 1932, he was appointed vice-president and dean. At this time, Bush worked on optical and photocomposition devices, as well as a machine for rapid selection from banks of microfilm. Further positions followed: president of the Carnegie Institute in Washington, DC (1939); chair of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (1939); director of Office of Scientific Research and Development. This last role was as presidential science advisor, which made him personally responsible for the 6,000 scientists involved in the war effort. During World War II, Bush worked on radar antenna profiles and the calculation of artillery firing tables. He proposed the development of an analogue computer, which later became the Rockefeller Differential Analyser. Bush is the pivotal figure in hypertext research. His ground-breaking 1945 paper, "As We May Think," speculated on how a machine might be created to assist human reasoning, and introduced the idea of an easily accessible, individually configurable storehouse of knowledge. This machine, which he dubbed "memex," in various ways anticipated hypermedia and the World Wide Web by nearly half a century.
- vapourishness — the quality or state of being vapourish
- varied thrush — a plump thrush, Ixoreus naevius, of western North America, resembling a robin with a dark band across the chest.
- vasa murrhina — an American art glass, consisting of colored glass dusted with flakes or grains of metal and flashed with clear glass.
- waterthrushes — Plural form of waterthrush.
- weather house — a model house with two human figures, one that comes out to foretell bad weather and the other to foretell good weather
- what's yours? — what would you like to drink?
- white mustard — a pungent powder or paste prepared from the seed of the mustard plant, used as a food seasoning or condiment, and medicinally in plasters, poultices, etc.
- white russian — Byelorussian (def 2).
- wild huntsman — the leader of the Wild Hunt, often associated with Odin.
- winter squash — any of several varieties of Cucurbita maxima or C. moschata that mature in late autumn and are used, when ripe, as a vegetable.
- with pleasure — gladly, willingly
- without cease — without stopping; incessantly
- without tears — presented so as to be easily assimilated
- xanthochroous — light-skinned and fair-haired
- yang shangkun — 1907–98, Chinese Communist leader: president 1988–99.
- yuan shih-kai — 1859–1916, president of China 1912–16.
- zaghlul pasha — Saad [sahd] /sɑd/ (Show IPA), c1860–1927, Egyptian political leader: first prime minister 1924–27.
- zarathustrian — Zoroaster.
- zinc sulphate — a colourless soluble crystalline substance usually existing as the heptahydrate or monohydrate: used as a mordant, in preserving wood and skins, and in the electrodeposition of zinc. Formula: ZnSO4
- zinjanthropus — the genus to which Australopithecus boisei was formerly assigned.