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13-letter words containing u, n, h, a

  • hunter trials — a test for hunters held under the auspices of a hunt, in which the course is laid with obstacles to simulate actual hunting conditions.
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hypermutation — (uncountable) Frequent mutation.
  • hyperurbanism — a pronunciation or grammatical form or usage produced by a speaker of one dialect according to an analogical rule formed by comparison of the speaker's own usage with that of another, more prestigious, dialect and often applied in an inappropriate context, especially in an effort to avoid sounding countrified, rural, or provincial, as in the pronunciation of the word two (to̅o̅) as (tyo̅o̅).
  • hysteranthous — relating to a plant whose flowers open before its leaves
  • ichthyofaunal — relating to ichthyofauna
  • immunity bath — the giving of testimony that is self-incriminating in order to avail oneself of the immunity granted a witness.
  • immunotherapy — treatment designed to produce immunity to a disease or enhance the resistance of the immune system to an active disease process, as cancer.
  • in a nutshell — the shell of a nut.
  • inexhaustible — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inexhaustibly — not exhaustible; incapable of being depleted: an inexhaustible supply.
  • inner harbour — a part of a harbour which is further inland
  • jequitinhonha — a river in E Brazil, flowing from the state of Minas Gerais to the Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles (805 km) long.
  • john of gaunt — John of, John of Gaunt.
  • johnny canuck — a personification of Canada
  • judah ha-nasi — Judah, Judah ha-Nasi.
  • judeo-spanish — Ladino (def 1).
  • kachang puteh — (in Malaysia) roasted or fried nuts or beans
  • kangchenjunga — a mountain on the border between Nepal and Sikkim, in the Himalayas: the third highest mountain in the world. Height: 8598 m (28 208 ft)
  • kenyapithecus — a genus of fossil hominoids of middle Miocene age found in Kenya and having large molars, small incisors, and powerful chewing muscles.
  • knuckleheaded — Stupid or inept, like a knucklehead.
  • kwame nkrumah — Kwame [kwah-mee] /ˈkwɑ mi/ (Show IPA), 1909–72, president of Ghana 1960–66.
  • languishingly — In a languishing manner.
  • lap of honour — If the winner of a race or game does a lap of honour, they run or drive slowly around a race track or sports field in order to receive the applause of the crowd.
  • laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
  • laughing gull — a North American gull, Larus atricilla, having a high, laughlike call.
  • laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
  • launch window — a precise time period during which a spacecraft can be launched from a particular site in order to achieve a desired mission, as a rendezvous with another spacecraft.
  • launching pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
  • leprechaunish — somewhat similar to a leprechaun
  • li hung-chang — 1823–1901, Chinese statesman.
  • light quantum — photon.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • low churchman — a person who advocates or follows Low Church practices.
  • luncheon meat — any of various sausages or molded loaf meats, usually sliced and served cold, as in sandwiches or as garnishes for salads.
  • lycanthropous — Lycanthropic.
  • machinegunned — Simple past tense and past participle of machinegun.
  • malthusianism — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • mana motuhake — independence or autonomy
  • mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango
  • mansion house — the residence of the Lord Mayor of London
  • mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • martin luther — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), 1483–1546, German theologian and author: leader, in Germany, of the Protestant Reformation.
  • match-funding — the stipulation set by a grant-providing body that the recipients of a grant raise a certain percentage of the money they require, generally a sum more or less equal to that of the sum of money being granted
  • melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
  • melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
  • mother nature — a personification of the forces of nature as a controlling and regulating maternal being, sometimes creative and caring.
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