11-letter words containing u, n, h
- uptightness — the quality or state of being uptight
- uranography — the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and especially of the fixed stars.
- utnapishtim — the favorite of the gods, who survived the great flood and became immortal.
- uttarakhand — a state in NW India, created in 2000 from part of Uttar Pradesh. 19,739 sq. mi. (51,123 sq. km). Capital. Dehra Dun.
- uttaranchal — a state of N India, created in 2000 from the N part of Uttar Pradesh: in the Himalayas, rising to over 7500 m (25 000 ft); rice, tea, and timber. Capital: Dehra Dun. Pop: 8 479 562 (2001). Area: 51 125 sq km (19 739 sq miles)
- van der hum — a spicy liqueur from South Africa, flavored with tangerine and herbs.
- venus shell — a marine bivalve mollusc of the family Veneridae, typified by the intertidal Venus gallina, with somewhat rounded ribbed valves
- venus'-hair — a maidenhair fern (Adiantum capillus-veneris) of tropical America and the S U.S.
- voguishness — the state or condition of being voguish
- warehousing — an act or instance of a person or company that warehouses something.
- well enough — sufficiently
- wendy house — a child's playhouse.
- wh question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- wh-question — a question containing a WH-word, often in initial position, and calling for an item of information to be supplied, as Where do you live?
- when-issued — of, relating to, or noting an agreement to buy securities paid for at the time of delivery. Abbreviation: wi, w.i.
- whit sunday — the seventh Sunday after Easter, celebrated as a festival in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost.
- white sound — white noise.
- whitsuntide — the week beginning with Whitsunday, especially the first three days of this week.
- whodunnitry — the style or genre of novels, plays, etc concerned with crime
- win through — succeed despite obstacles
- wishfulness — The state or quality of being wishful; sometimes specifically wishful thinking.
- xanthan gum — a water-soluble natural gum produced by the fermentation of sugar with certain microorganisms and used as a binder, extender, or stabilizer in foods and other products.
- xanthinuria — An abnormally high level of xanthine in one's urine.
- xenodochium — a guesthouse for receiving strangers
- xeranthemum — any of a Mediterranean genus of plants having flower heads that are dry and retain their colour and shape for years: family Asteraceae (composites)
- yevtushenko — Yevgeny Alexandrovich [yiv-gye-nyee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /yɪvˈgyɛ nyi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1933, Russian poet.
- young hyson — a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- young thing — a young person.
- zanthoxylum — any rutaceous shrub or tree of the genus Zanthoxylum, of temperate and subtropical E Asia and North America: includes the prickly ash and the West Indian yellowwood (or satinwood)
- zauschneria — Epilobium canum, a North American willowherb.
- zenith tube — a telescope mounted to point only at the zenith, used at some observatories for measuring time by the stars.
- zhangjiakou — a city in NW Hebei province, in NE China: capital of the former Qahar province.
- zhou en lai — Chou En-lai
- zhoukoudian — the site of fossil-bearing caves near Peking, China, dating from the middle Pleistocene, in one of which were found the physical remains of Peking man together with stone tools and evidence of fire use.
- zwischenzug — a tactical move interpolated into an exchange or series of exchanges to improve the outcome