12-letter words containing u, n, h, i
- hindquarters — the posterior end of a halved carcass of beef, lamb, etc., sectioned usually between the twelfth and thirteenth ribs.
- hippocentaur — Centaur.
- hoisin sauce — a thick, sweet, spicy condiment containing soybeans, sugar, garlic, and chili peppers, used in cooking or as an accompaniment to meat, fish, or poultry, especially Peking duck.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- holopneustic — having all the spiracles open, as the tracheal systems of most insects.
- holothurians — Plural form of holothurian.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- honest injun — honestly (used to emphasize the truth of a statement).
- honorius iii — (Cencio Savelli) died 1227, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1216–27.
- honours list — annual list of persons given royal awards
- horizon club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members of high-school age.
- house martin — a small European swallow, Delichon urbica, that builds its nest under the eaves of houses.
- housekeeping — the maintenance of a house or domestic establishment.
- housepainter — A professional painter of houses.
- housetrained — Simple past tense and past participle of housetrain.
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- housing list — a list of people waiting to obtain council houses
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hudson river — Henry, died 1611? English navigator and explorer.
- human rights — basic civil freedoms
- human safari — an organized tour that takes tourists to unfamiliar places where they can observe the lifestyle of indigenous or other local people: human safaris to remote tribal communities; a human safari through the slums of Mumbai.
- human shield — a person or group of people located or intentionally placed in a potential line of fire or in an area likely to be attacked.
- humanisation — Alternative form of humanization.
- humanitarian — having concern for or helping to improve the welfare and happiness of people.
- humanization — to make humane, kind, or gentle.
- humification — the formation of humus.
- humiliations — Plural form of humiliation.
- hummingbirds — Plural form of hummingbird.
- hunt sabbing — the activity of sabotaging a hunt due to the belief that animals should not be harmed by humans
- hunting case — a watchcase with a hinged cover to protect the crystal.
- hunting dogs — the constellation Canes Venatici.
- hunting horn — the earliest form of the modern horn, consisting of a conical tube coiled in a circle for carrying over the shoulder, and having a flaring bell and a trumpetlike mouthpiece.
- hunting pink — scarlet
- huntsmanship — The art or practice of hunting, or the qualification of a hunter.
- hupokeimenon — (philosophy) That which underlies, or lies beneath; substratum.
- hydronautics — (nautical) The science of the design and construction of ships, their engines, and their instrumentation.
- hydroquinone — a white, crystalline compound, C 6 H 6 O 2 , formed by the reduction of quinone: used chiefly in photography and to inhibit autoxidation reactions.
- hypofunction — abnormally diminished function, especially of glands or other organs.
- ibizan hound — one of a breed of medium-sized, tall, swift hunting hounds with a short, usually red and white coat, bred originally by the Pharaohs of ancient Egypt but today found chiefly in the Balearic Islands and other areas of Spain.
- ichthyofauna — the indigenous fish of a region.
- in (the) bud — in the time of budding
- in honour of — If something is arranged in honour of a particular event, it is arranged in order to celebrate that event.
- in the dumps — a depressed state of mind (usually preceded by in the): to be in the dumps over money problems.
- in the nuddy — in the nude; naked
- in the rough — having a coarse or uneven surface, as from projections, irregularities, or breaks; not smooth: rough, red hands; a rough road.
- in the round — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- inescutcheon — A small shield placed within a larger one.
- inexhaustive — not exhaustive; not thorough
- ingleborough — a mountain in N England, in North Yorkshire: potholes. Height: 723 m (2373 ft)
- inhalatorium — a room or building in which vapours are breathed in