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

  • sunshine state — Florida (used as a nickname).
  • 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
  • tangata whenua — the indigenous Māori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole
  • 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 blue angel — a legendary German expressionist film of 1930, the first major German sound film, starring Marlene Dietrich
  • the final four — the last four teams remaining in a tournament
  • the honourable — a title of respect placed before a name: employed before the names of various officials in the English-speaking world, as a courtesy title in Britain for the children of viscounts and barons and the younger sons of earls, and in Parliament by one member speaking of another
  • the human race — mankind
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
  • the mujaheddin — (in Afghanistan and Iran) fundamentalist Muslim guerrillas; in Afghanistan in 1992 the mujaheddin overthrew the government but were unable to agree on a constitution due to factional conflict and in 1996 Taliban forces seized power
  • the quaternary — the Quaternary period or rock system, divided into Pleistocene and Holocene (Recent) epochs or series
  • the surinamese — the people of Surinam collectively
  • the unknowable — the ultimate reality that underlies all phenomena but cannot be known
  • the upper hand — If you have the upper hand in a situation, you have more power than the other people involved and can make decisions about what happens.
  • the vernacular — the commonly spoken language or dialect of a particular people or place
  • the-suppliants — a tragedy (c463 b.c.) by Aeschylus.
  • thenard's blue — cobalt blue.
  • thomas aquinas — Saint Thomas ("the Angelic Doctor") 1225?–74, Italian scholastic philosopher: a major theologian of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
  • thysanopterous — of or relating to the Thysanoptera genus of insects which are characterized by fringed wings
  • titanium white — a pigment used in painting, consisting chiefly of titanium dioxide and noted for its brilliant white color, covering power, and permanence.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • 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.
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • turn of phrase — expression, wording
  • 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.
  • unanesthetised — not anaesthetised
  • unapprehensive — slow to understand; not intelligent
  • 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.
  • underemphasize — to give less than sufficient emphasis to; minimize.
  • underhand chop — (in an axemen's competition) a chop where the axeman stands on the log, which is placed on the ground
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • undiminishable — unable to be diminished
  • 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.
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