10-letter words containing t, h, e, u, n
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- on the bum — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.
- on the run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- otterhound — one of an English breed of water dogs having a thick, shaggy, oily coat, trained to hunt otter.
- pentateuch — the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
- punishment — the act of punishing.
- ruthenious — containing bivalent ruthenium.
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- shotgunner — a person who is skilled with a shotgun
- shuttering — a solid or louvered movable cover for a window.
- snakemouth — rose pogonia.
- south bend — a city in N Indiana.
- south node — the descending node of the moon.
- southerner — a native or inhabitant of the south.
- southernly — southerly.
- staunchest — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- subtrahend — a number that is subtracted from another.
- sulphonate — a salt or ester of any sulphonic acid containing the ion RSO2O– or the group RSO2O–, R being an organic group
- sun helmet — a rigid hat worn in tropical climates, mainly in the past
- sure thing — something that is or is supposed to be a certain success, as a bet or a business venture: He thinks that real estate is a sure thing.
- sutherland — Earl Wilbur, Jr. 1915–74, U.S. biochemist: Nobel Prize in medicine 1971.
- tannhauser — a German lyric poet of the 13th century: a well-known legend tells of his stay with Venus in the Venusberg and his later repentance.
- technetium — Chemistry. an element of the manganese family, not found in nature, but obtained in the fission of uranium or by the bombardment of molybdenum. Symbol: Tc; atomic weight: 99; atomic number: 43; specific gravity: 11.5.
- the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
- the burren — a limestone area on the North Clare coast in the Irish Republic, famous for its wild flowers, caves, and dolmens
- the buskin — tragic drama
- the crunch — the critical moment or situation
- the hounds — a pack of foxhounds, etc
- the minute — If you say that something happens the minute something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing.
- the undead — such supernatural beings collectively
- the-jungle — a novel (1906) by Upton Sinclair.
- theonomous — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- theopneust — inspired by God or a god
- thereunder — under or beneath that.
- thinsulate — a type of thermal insulation made of synthetic fibers, used esp. as a lining in clothing
- thruppence — threepence.
- thunbergia — any of various plants, vines, or shrubs belonging to the genus Thunbergia, of the acanthus family, native to Africa and southern Asia, having variously colored flowers and often cultivated as ornamentals in warm regions.
- thunderbox — a portable boxlike lavatory seat that can be placed over a hole in the ground
- thundering — of, relating to, or accompanied by thunder.
- thunderous — producing thunder or a loud noise like thunder: thunderous applause.
- thuner see — German name of Lake of Thun.
- tighten up — fasten more securely
- tonguefish — any of several flatfishes of the family Cynoglossidae, having the tail tapered to a point.
- touch-tone — of or relating to a tone-dialing system or a push-button phone operating on tone dialing.
- touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
- town house — a house in the city, especially as distinguished from a house in the country owned by the same person.
- tripehound — an objectionable person
- true north — the direction of the north pole from a given point.
- trunk hose — full, baglike breeches covering the body from the waist to the middle of the thigh or lower, sometimes having the stockings attached in one piece, worn by men in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- truthiness — the quality of seeming to be true according to one's intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.