14-letter words containing u, n, c
- 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.
- high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- hindu calendar — a lunisolar calendar that governs all Hindu and most Indian festivals, known from about 1000 b.c. and subsequently modified during the 4th and 6th centuries a.d.
- holy communion — communion (def 1).
- home insurance — Home insurance is insurance coverage for your home, its contents, and your possessions.
- honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
- honours course — a degree course at honours level
- hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
- 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
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- huffman coding — (algorithm) A data compression technique which varies the length of the encoded symbol in proportion to its information content, that is the more often a symbol or token is used, the shorter the binary string used to represent it in the compressed stream. Huffman codes can be properly decoded because they obey the prefix property, which means that no code can be a prefix of another code, and so the complete set of codes can be represented as a binary tree, known as a Huffman tree. Huffman coding was first described in a seminal paper by D.A. Huffman in 1952.
- 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.
- humidification — to make humid.
- hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
- huntsman's-cup — a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
- hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
- hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
- hyperconscious — acutely aware.
- hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- immaculateness — The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- immune complex — an aggregate of an antigen and its specific antibody.
- immunochemical — Pertaining to immunochemistry.
- 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.
- immunotoxicity — The toxic effect of an immunotoxin on the immune system.
- in actual fact — You use in fact, in actual fact, or in point of fact to indicate that you are giving more detailed information about what you have just said.
- in circulation — an act or instance of circulating, moving in a circle or circuit, or flowing.
- in conjunction — together, jointly
- in consequence — the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving.
- in countenance — calm; composed
- in full career — at full speed
- 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
- inaccurateness — The quality of being inaccurate.
- inarticulately — lacking the ability to express oneself, especially in clear and effective speech: an inarticulate public speaker.
- inarticulation — (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness.
- inauspiciously — not auspicious; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable.
- inauthenticity — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- incautiousness — The quality of being incautious.
- incense burner — container in which fragrance is burned