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11-letter words containing u, n, h

  • súgán chair — a chair with a seat made from woven súgáns
  • sun-worship — the act of worshipping the sun as a deity
  • sundry shop — (in Malaysia) a shop, similar to a delicatessen, that sells predominantly Chinese foodstuffs
  • superharden — harden (def 6).
  • sure enough — free from doubt as to the reliability, character, action, etc., of something: to be sure of one's data.
  • sure-enough — real; genuine.
  • sure-handed — using the hands with skill and confidence; dexterous.
  • surgeonfish — any tropical, coral-reef fish of the family Acanthuridae, with one or more sharp spines near the base of the tail fin.
  • surgeonship — the position or responsibility of a surgeon
  • susquehanna — a river flowing S from central New York through E Pennsylvania and NE Maryland into Chesapeake Bay. 444 miles (715 km) long.
  • symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
  • synchronous — occurring at the same time; coinciding in time; contemporaneous; simultaneous.
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • tautochrone — a curve upon which a moving object will reach a certain point at the same time through gravity from whichever point it starts
  • tautophonic — having or repeating the same sound
  • tehuantepec — Isthmus of, an isthmus in S Mexico, between the Gulf of Tehuantepec and the Gulf of Campeche. 125 miles (200 km) wide at its narrowest point.
  • teotihuacan — the ruins of an ancient Mesoamerican city in central Mexico, near Mexico City, that flourished a.d. c200–c750 and is the site of the pyramids of the Sun and Moon and of many temples, palaces, and dwellings.
  • terbrugghen — Hendrik. 1588–1629, Dutch painter of the Utrecht school, who specialized in religious subjects, for example the Incredulity of St Thomas and the Calling of St Matthew
  • the antique — the style of ancient art, esp Greek or Roman art, or an example of it
  • the bitumen — any road with a bitumen surface
  • the centaur — the constellation Centaurus
  • the commune — the revolutionary government of Paris from 1792 to 1794
  • the council — the local governing authority of a town, county, etc
  • the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
  • the curtain — the end of a scene of a play, opera, etc, marked by the fall or closing of the curtain
  • the needful — money or funds
  • the numbers — an illegal lottery in which small bets are placed on the order of certain numbers, usually the last three, in some tabulation of game scores or financial reports published in the daily newspapers
  • the sullens — a sullen mood
  • the wounded — persons wounded, esp. in warfare
  • theophanous — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • theopneusty — divine inspiration; the influence of God's spirit enabling humans to receive a divine truth
  • thingumabob — thingamajig.
  • think aloud — If you think aloud, you express your thoughts as they occur to you, rather than thinking first and then speaking.
  • this minute — immediately, without delay
  • thohoyandou — a self-governing Bantu territory of South Africa in the NE part: granted independence in 1979 by South Africa, but not recognized by any other country as an independent state. 2510 sq. mi. (6500 sq. km). Capital: Thohoyandou.
  • thoreauvian — Henry David, 1817–62, U.S. naturalist and author.
  • thoroughpin — an abnormal swelling just above the hock of a horse, usually appearing on both sides of the leg and sometimes causing lameness.
  • thrummingly — in a thrumming manner or by way of thrumming
  • thrust upon — If something is thrust upon you, you are forced to have it, deal with it, or experience it.
  • thumb index — tabs on edge of a book's pages
  • thumb piano — any of various African boxlike musical instruments, such as the kalimba or mbira, having tuned strips of metal or wood that vibrate when played with the thumbs.
  • thumb-index — to provide (a book) with a thumb index.
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • thumbs-down — an act or instance of dissent, disapproval, etc.
  • thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
  • thunder egg — a globular concretion of opal, agate, or chalcedony weathered out of tuff or basalt.
  • thunder mug — a chamber pot.
  • thunderbird — (in the mythology of some North American Indians) a huge, eaglelike bird capable of producing thunder, lightning, and rain.
  • thunderbolt — a flash of lightning with the accompanying thunder.
  • thunderclap — a crash of thunder.
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