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15-letter words containing u, n, h

  • landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
  • langston hughesCharles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
  • language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
  • lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
  • light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
  • light pollution — unwanted or harmful light, as from bright street lights or neon signs.
  • lissencephalous — having the cephalic disorder of a lack of developed brain folds
  • louisiana heron — tricolored heron.
  • luggage handler — someone whose job is to handle and direct luggage, esp at an airport
  • luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic
  • lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
  • machine gunning — the act of using a machine gun
  • magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • make the rounds — having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
  • male chauvinism — the beliefs, attitudes, or behavior of male chauvinists (men who patronize, disparage, or otherwise denigrate females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit).
  • male chauvinist — a male who patronizes, disparages, or otherwise denigrates females in the belief that they are inferior to males and thus deserving of less than equal treatment or benefit.
  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
  • man of the hour — a man who is honored by a group.
  • manasseh cutlerManasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • manual alphabet — a set of finger configurations corresponding to the letters of the alphabet, used by the deaf in fingerspelling.
  • manukau harbour — an inlet of the Tasman Sea near Auckland in New Zealand on NW North Island
  • marathon runner — person who runs in a marathon race
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • matta echaurren — Roberto Antonio Sebastián [raw-ver-taw ahn-taw-nyaw se-vahs-tyahn] /rɔˈvɛr tɔ ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ ˌsɛ vɑsˈtyɑn/ (Show IPA), 1911–2002, Chilean painter.
  • maundy thursday — the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day.
  • measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
  • mechanical pulp — groundwood pulp.
  • methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • mind how you go — Some people say 'Mind how you go' when they are saying goodbye to someone who is leaving.
  • mischievousness — maliciously or playfully annoying.
  • moment of truth — the moment in a bullfight at which the matador is about to make the kill.
  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
  • montes riphaeus — a mountain range in the third quadrant of the visible face of the moon.
  • moravian church — a Protestant Church originating in Moravia in 1722 as a revival of the sect of Bohemian Brethren. It has close links with the Lutheran Church
  • most honourable — a courtesy title applied to marquesses and members of the Privy Council and the Order of the Bath
  • mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
  • mount suribachi — a volcanic hill in the Volcano Islands, on Iwo Jima: site of a US victory (1945) over the Japanese in World War II
  • mourners' bench — a front row of seats at a revival meeting, for those who are to profess penitence
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • multi-channeled — the bed of a stream, river, or other waterway.
  • multiwavelength — Involving, or composed of, multiple wavelengths.
  • multnomah falls — a waterfall on Multnomah Creek in NW Oregon, E of Portland. 611 feet (186 meters) high.
  • murphy-o'connor — Cormac. born 1932, British cardinal, Archbishop of Westminster (2000–09)
  • mushroom anchor — a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.
  • naismith's rule — a rule of thumb for calculating the time needed for a climbing expedition, allowing 1 hour for every 3 miles of distance plus 1 hour for every 2000 feet of height
  • national church — an independent church within a country, usually representing the prevalent religion.
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
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