0%

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

  • bush carpenter — a rough-and-ready unskilled workman
  • bush, vannevar — Vannevar Bush
  • cahokia mounds — the largest group of prehistoric Indian earthworks in the US, located northeast of East St Louis
  • can't help but — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
  • canonical hour — one of the seven prayer times appointed for each day by canon law
  • captain crunch — 1.   (person)   ("Cap'n Crunch") An early 1970s hacker/phreaker/phacker who used a free whistle included with "Cap'n Crunch" breakfast cereal to fake pay phone system tones and make large quantities of free phone calls. Also alludes to "crunch". 2. (After the above) wardialer. 3. Reportedly, a program which crashes a computer by overloading the interrupt stack.
  • carpet muncher — lesbian
  • catechumenship — the office or position of a catechumen
  • cellular phone — A cellular phone or cellular telephone is a type of telephone which does not need wires to connect it to a telephone system.
  • channel surfer — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel tunnel — the Anglo-French railway tunnel that runs beneath the English Channel, between Folkestone and Coquelles, near Calais; opened in 1994
  • charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
  • charles sumnerCharles, 1811–74, U.S. statesman.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • cheque account — an account at a bank or a building society upon which cheques can be drawn
  • child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
  • chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • chondrocranium — the cartilaginous structure that, in early development, envelops the brain
  • christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • chrysanthemums — Plural form of chrysanthemum.
  • church, alonzo — Alonzo Church
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • coach-and-four — a coach together with the four horses by which it is drawn.
  • conchyliaceous — Alternative form of conchylaceous.
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • consultantship — the office or function of a consultant
  • costume change — a change of costume by an actor
  • counterchanged — Exchanged.
  • countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
  • countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
  • countercharmed — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharm.
  • countermarched — Simple past tense and past participle of countermarch.
  • countermarches — Plural form of countermarch.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
  • cranberry bush — a North American caprifoliaceous shrub or small tree, Viburnum trilobum, producing acid red fruit
  • crash and burn — to fail; be unsuccessful
  • cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
  • cuban sandwich — a hero sandwich, especially with ham, pork, cheese, and pickles, often grilled.
  • curtain speech — a talk given in front of the curtain after a stage performance, often by the author or an actor
  • cushion rafter — auxiliary rafter.
  • cut and thrust — If you talk about the cut and thrust of an activity, you are talking about the aspects of it that make it exciting and challenging.
  • cyclanthaceous — belonging to the Cyclanthaceae, a S American family of tropical plants
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • de haut en bas — with haughtiness; condescendingly
  • dehumanisation — Alternative spelling of dehumanization.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?