14-letter words containing t, e, n, u
- 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.
- honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- hospital nurse — a hospital nurse works in a hospital, rather than with a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- hound's-tongue — any of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets.
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- human interest — a quality of a story or report, as in a newspaper or on a newscast, that engages attention and sympathy by enabling one to identify readily with the people, problems, and situations described.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humane studies — educational subjects or courses, or texts, that are, or were historically, considered to have a civilizing influence on those who read or studied them
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- idolatrousness — The quality of being idolatrous.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immelmann turn — a maneuver in which an airplane makes a half loop, then resumes its normal, level position by making a half roll: used to gain altitude while turning to fly in the opposite direction.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- immunogenicity — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
- immunoreaction — Immune reaction.
- immunoreactive — Of, pertaining to, or causing an immune reaction.
- imperturbation — freedom from perturbation; tranquillity; calmness.
- in countenance — calm; composed
- in league with — along with, plotting with
- in lieu of sth — If you do, get, or give one thing in lieu of another, you do, get, or give it instead of the other thing, because the two things are considered to have the same value or importance.
- in one's court — in one's side of the court, as a ball in a tennis game
- in the picture — informed about a given situation
- in the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
- in/out of step — If people who are walking or dancing are in step, they are moving their feet forward at exactly the same time as each other. If they are out of step, their feet are moving forward at different times.
- in/out of time — If you are playing, singing, or dancing in time with a piece of music, you are following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly. If you are out of time with it, you are not following the rhythm and speed of the music correctly.
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- inadequateness — Inadequacy.
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- incestuousness — The state or property of being incestuous.
- income account — an account maintained for a particular item of revenue or income.
- income support — welfare payment to low earners
- incommensurate — not commensurate; disproportionate; inadequate: Our income is incommensurate to our wants.
- inconsequentia — Trivia; items or facts of little or no importance.
- inconsequently — In an inconsequential way, or a way that suggests a lack of consequence.
- indestructable — Misspelling of indestructible.
- indestructible — not destructible; that cannot be destroyed.
- indestructibly — In a way or to an extent that is indestructible.
- induction year — the first year of a newly qualified teacher's career, in which he or she has a lighter workload and follows a programme of professional development and support provided by an experienced mentor; at the end of this year, the teacher is formally assessed against the core professional standards