14-letter words containing u, n, c, r, s, h
- 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.
- liver chestnut — chestnut (def 9).
- 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.
- nonsynchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
- north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
- nursery school — a prekindergarten school for children from about three to five years of age.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- orobanchaceous — belonging to the Orobanchaceae, the broomrape family of plants.
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- parish council — local administrative body
- plesiochronous — (communications) Nearly synchronised, a term describing a communication system where transmitted signals have the same nominal digital rate but are synchronised on different clocks. According to ITU-T standards, corresponding signals are plesiochronous if their significant instants occur at nominally the same rate, with any variation in rate being constrained within specified limits.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- porcupine fish — 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.
- psychoneurosis — neurosis (def 1).
- purse snatcher — wallet thief
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- rhynchophorous — of or relating to rhynchophores
- running stitch — a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
- russian church — the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- school uniform — standard outfit worn by pupils
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- shulchan aruch — the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sound archives — official records or files (as in a library) of sound recordings, broadcasts, or performances, esp those from radio programmes
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- southern cross — Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca. Compare Northern Cross.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- stretch runner — an athlete or horse that is especially strong or fast in the final stage of a race.
- streuselkuchen — coffeecake topped with streusel.
- summer kitchen — an extra kitchen, usually detached from a house, for use in warm weather.
- surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
- treasury bench — (in Britain) the front bench to the right of the Speaker in the House of Commons, traditionally reserved for members of the Government
- turn the scale — Often, scales. a balance or any of various other instruments or devices for weighing: We gave the parents a baby scale. The butcher placed the meat on the scales.
- turn the screw — to increase the pressure