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13-letter words containing u, n, h, r, i

  • street urchin — a child who spends or appears to spend a lot of time roaming the streets
  • styling brush — a hairbrush used to style or neaten hair
  • sub-franchise — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
  • subinhibitory — not completely inhibiting
  • sunrise watch — dogwatch (def 2).
  • super-heroine — a woman noted for courageous acts or nobility of character: Esther and other biblical heroines.
  • superencipher — to encode (a message) that is already a cryptogram.
  • superhumanize — to make superhuman, or represent as such
  • tautochronism — the fact or quality of being a tautochrone
  • think through — to have a conscious mind, to some extent of reasoning, remembering experiences, making rational decisions, etc.
  • thoroughgoing — doing things thoroughly.
  • three unities — the state of being one; oneness.
  • thunderstrike — Archaic. to strike with a thunderbolt.
  • thurification — the act of incense-burning
  • thyroglobulin — a protein which is found in the thyroid gland and which contains iodine
  • time-honoured — revered or respected because of antiquity and long continuance: a time-honored custom.
  • tin parachute — an employment agreement guaranteeing a worker compensation, especially in the form of bonuses and benefits, in the event of dismissal as a result of a merger or takeover.
  • toothbrushing — the act or method of cleaning the teeth with a toothbrush.
  • transhumanism — a philosophy that explores human transcendence above or beyond organic, corporeal limitations through technological and philosophical evolution.
  • trinity house — an association that provides lighthouses, buoys, etc, around the British coast
  • trout fishing — angling to catch trout
  • truchet point — (unit, text)   An obsolete variant of the point, equal to 0.188 mm.
  • tubing hanger — A tubing hanger is a device which is attached to the top tubing joint and supports the tubing.
  • turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
  • turkish pound — the Turkish lira.
  • turn the tide — the periodic rise and fall of the waters of the ocean and its inlets, produced by the attraction of the moon and sun, and occurring about every 12 hours.
  • uncharismatic — (of a person) not charismatic; lacking charisma; dull
  • unchlorinated — not chlorinated; not treated with chlorine
  • underachiever — a student who performs less well in school than would be expected on the basis of abilities indicated by intelligence and aptitude tests, etc.
  • underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
  • underemphasis — inadequate emphasis.
  • underfinished — (of a farm animal) not having developed enough flesh
  • underwhelming — to fail to interest or astonish: After all the ballyhoo, most critics were underwhelmed by the movie.
  • underwithhold — to withhold too little.
  • undishonoured — not dishonoured; not disgraced or disrespected
  • unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • unneighboured — having no neighbour or neighbours
  • unneighbourly — unfriendly and unhelpful
  • unreplenished — not replenished or refilled
  • unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
  • unscholarlike — not befitting a scholar; ungentlemanly
  • unshrinkingly — in an unshrinking manner
  • untarnishable — to dull the luster of (a metallic surface), especially by oxidation; discolor.
  • untheoretical — not theoretical; not belonging or pertaining to the realm of theory; not confined to the theoretical realm; (somewhat) concrete
  • unthreatening — tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
  • unthriftiness — the quality or condition of being unthrifty
  • unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
  • unwithdrawing — not withdrawing; not pulling back, retreating, or giving up
  • up in the air — a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
  • upper chinook — a Chinookan language of the Columbia River valley from the Deschutes River to the estuary.
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