14-letter words containing s, u, n, c, h
- cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
- deinonychosaur — Any omnivorous or carnivorous coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur of the clade Deinonychosauria.
- discount house — Also called discount store. a store that sells much of its merchandise at a price below the usual price.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- dwarf chestnut — the edible nut of the chinquapin tree
- eastern church — any of the churches originating in countries formerly part of the Eastern Roman Empire, observing an Eastern rite and adhering to the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed; Byzantine Church.
- enthusiastical — (obsolete) enthusiastic.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- french mustard — a mild mustard paste made with vinegar rather than water
- function shift — a change in the syntactic function of a word, as when the noun mushroom is used as an intransitive verb
- geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
- hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hellaciousness — Quality of being hellacious.
- herbaceousness — The state or quality of being herbaceous.
- hermeneuticist — One who studies hermeneutics.
- heterochronous — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- honours course — a degree course at honours level
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humanistically — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- huntsman's-cup — a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- james buchanan — James, 1791–1868, 15th president of the U.S. 1857–61.
- kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- lu-wang school — School of Mind.
- money-purchase — relating to a pension scheme in which both employer and employee make contributions to a fund that is used to buy an annuity on retirement. The amount paid as a pension depends on the size of the fund
- musculophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm.
- nabuchodonosor — Nebuchadnezzar (def 1).
- 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-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- 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.