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14-letter words containing u, n, h, a, c

  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • rolling launch — the process of introducing a new product into a market gradually
  • 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.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
  • schumann-heinkErnestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • scotch furnace — ore hearth.
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • 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
  • social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
  • 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 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
  • stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
  • submachine gun — a lightweight automatic or semiautomatic gun, fired from the shoulder or hip.
  • sulphonic acid — type of strong organic acid
  • surinam cherry — a tropical American tree, Eugenia uniflora, of the myrtle family, having ovate leaves and fragrant, white flowers.
  • take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
  • technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
  • the human race — mankind
  • the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  • tragacanth gum — Tragacanth gum is a gum obtained from the tragacanth plant, used as a suspending agent.
  • 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
  • turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
  • turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
  • 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.
  • un-challenging — offering a challenge; testing one's ability, endurance, etc: a challenging course; a challenging game.
  • unaccomplished — not accomplished; incomplete or not carried out: Many tasks remain unaccomplished.
  • unapproachable — not capable of being approached; remote; unreachable: an unapproachable spot; an unapproachable person.
  • unauthenticity — the quality of lacking authenticity or not being genuine
  • unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
  • unchauvinistic — not chauvinistic
  • unchivalrously — in an unchivalrous manner
  • unchristianize — to make unchristian; to render no longer Christian; to remove Christian status or nature from
  • undecipherable — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
  • under-achiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
  • under-research — diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.: recent research in medicine.
  • underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
  • unemphatically — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
  • unenthusiastic — full of or characterized by enthusiasm; ardent: He seems very enthusiastic about his role in the play.
  • unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
  • unhysterically — in a way that does not show or suggest any hysteria; calmly; rationally
  • unicorn chaser — originally a picture of a unicorn posted on a blog site shortly after an offensive or disturbing picture has been posted, as a kind of antidote to the previous post. Now used of a comforting or innocent image, video clip, or topic viewed or contemplated following a previous, disturbing image, video, etc.
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