13-letter words containing u, n, c, h, r, e
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
- gunters-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.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- h and d curve — characteristic curve.
- hairpin curve — A hairpin curve or a hairpin is a very sharp bend in a road, where the road turns back in the opposite direction.
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- here document — (operating system) Data included in a Unix shell script or Perl script using the "<<" syntax.
- hermeneutical — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- honors course — a course in a university or college consisting largely of independent research terminating in a dissertation or a comprehensive examination, and earning for the student who passes it a degree with distinction.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- lecherousness — The property of being lecherous.
- leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
- leucitohedron — a trapezohedron
- lunch counter — a counter, as in a store or restaurant, where light meals and snacks are served or are sold to be taken out.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- motherfucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- multibranched — Having more than one branch.
- neurochemical — of or relating to neurochemistry.
- niche product — sth of specific or limited consumer interest
- nike hercules — a 40 feet (12 meters) U.S. surface-to-air missile effective at medium to high altitudes and having a range of more than 87 miles (140 km).
- non-rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- nonchurchgoer — a person who does not attend church or who attends sporadically
- nouveau riche — a person who is newly rich: the ostentation of the nouveaux riches of the 1920s.
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- pencil pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- pencil-pusher — a person, as a clerk or bookkeeper, whose work involves a considerable amount of writing, record-keeping, etc.
- perichondrium — the membrane of fibrous connective tissue covering the surface of cartilages except at the joints.
- picture phone — a mobile phone that can take, send, and receive photographs
- porcupinefish — 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.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- puritan ethic — work ethic.
- rauschenbusch — Walter, 1861–1918, U.S. clergyman and social reformer.
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- ruth benedict — Ruth (Fulton) 1887–1948, U.S. writer and anthropologist.
- schadenfreude — satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
- sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
- superencipher — to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.
- thermocurrent — a thermoelectric current.
- thermonuclear — relating to nuclear fusion
- thunderstruck — overcome with consternation; confounded; astounded: He was thunderstruck by the news of his promotion.