13-letter words containing u, n, h, o
- quadraphonics — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadrillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 15 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 24 zeros.
- quadriphonics — quadraphony.
- quintillionth — a cardinal number represented in the U.S. by 1 followed by 18 zeros, and in Great Britain by 1 followed by 30 zeros.
- quota-hopping — (in the EU) the practice of obtaining the right to catch a part of a country's national quota for fish in European waters by buying licences from its fishermen
- rann of kutch — an extensive salt waste in W central India, and S Pakistan: consists of the Great Rann in the north and the Little Rann in the southeast; seasonal alternation between marsh and desert; some saltworks. In 1968 an international tribunal awarded about 10 per cent of the border area to Pakistan. Area: 23 000 sq km (9000 sq miles)
- rhesus monkey — animal: macaque
- righteousness — the quality or state of being righteous.
- rock hounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks, fossils, or minerals.
- rooming house — a house with furnished rooms to rent; lodging house.
- rough diamond — gemstone: uncut diamond
- roughing mill — a rolling mill for converting steel ingots into blooms, billets, or slabs.
- round herring — any of several herringlike fishes of the family Dussumieriidae having a rounded abdomen, living chiefly in tropical marine waters.
- round-cheeked — having plump cheeks
- saurognathous — related to or resembling the Saurognathae family of birds that possess palate bones similar to those in saurians or lizards
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- sea buckthorn — a thorny Eurasian shrub, Hippophaë rhamnoides, growing on sea coasts and having silvery leaves and orange fruits: family Elaeagnaceae
- share account — a savings account in a credit union.
- sharp-tongued — characterized by or given to harshness, bitterness, or sarcasm in speech.
- shockumentary — a television programme showing members of the public in shocking or violent situations
- shoot the sun — to measure the altitude of the sun in order to determine latitude
- short account — the account of a short seller.
- shoulder knot — a knot of ribbon or lace worn on the shoulder, as by men of fashion in the 17th and 18th centuries, by servants in livery, or by women or children.
- show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- snowball bush — guelder rose.
- soup-and-fish — a man's formal evening clothes.
- soupfin shark — a requiem shark, Galeorhinus zyopterus, inhabiting the Pacific Ocean, valued for its fins, which are used by the Chinese in the preparation of a soup, and for its liver, which is rich in vitamin A.
- souphanouvong — Prince, 1909–1995, Laotian political leader: president 1975–86 (half brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma).
- south african — of southern Africa.
- south arabian — of or relating to the former South Arabia (now South Yemen) or its inhabitants
- south dakotan — a state in the N central United States: a part of the Midwest. 77,047 sq. mi. (199,550 sq. km). Capital: Pierre. Abbreviation: SD (for use with zip code), S. Dak.
- south holland — a province in the SW Netherlands. 1086 sq. mi. (2810 sq. km). Capital: The Hague.
- south houston — a town in S Texas.
- south nahanni — a river in the SW Northwest Territories, Canada, flowing SE from near the Yukon border to the Liard River. 336 miles (540 km) long.
- south vietnam — a former country in SE Asia that comprised Vietnam S of about 17° N latitude; a separate state 1954–75; now part of reunified Vietnam. Capital: Saigon.
- south windsor — a town in N Connecticut.
- south-eastern — South-eastern means in or from the south-east of a region or country.
- south-western — South-western means in or from the south-west of a region or country.
- southern alps — a mountain range in New Zealand, on South Island: the highest range in Australasia. Highest peak: Mount Cook (also known as Aoraki or Aorangi), 3754 m (12 316 ft)
- southern blot — a procedure for identifying and measuring the amount of a specific DNA sequence or gene in a mixed extract, as in testing for a mutation or a virus: DNA strands from the person or organism under study are cut with restriction enzymes, separated by gel electrophoresis, transferred to special filter paper, and hybridized with a labeled DNA probe.
- southern cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- southern fish — the constellation Piscis Austrinus.
- southern toad — a common toad, Bufo terrestris, of the southeastern U.S., having prominent knoblike crests on its head.
- souvenir shop — a shop that sells trivial gift items, such as T-shirts, coffee mugs, keyrings etc, esp aimed at tourists
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- sphagnum moss — Botany
- station house — a police station or fire station.
- stenophyllous — having narrow leaves.