9-letter words containing u, n, h
- humungous — humongous.
- hunchback — a person whose back is humped in a convex position because of abnormal spinal curvature. Compare kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis.
- hundredal — Of or pertaining to a hundred (administrative unit).
- hundreder — An inhabitant or freeholder of a hundred (administrative subdivision).
- hundredth — next after the ninety-ninth; being the ordinal number for 100.
- hung jury — a jury that cannot agree on a verdict.
- hung over — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hungarian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Hungary, its people, or their language.
- hungerful — hungry
- hungering — Present participle of hunger.
- hungriest — Superlative form of hungry.
- hunkering — to squat on one's heels (often followed by down).
- hunkerism — a member of the conservative faction in the Democratic Party in New York State, 1845–48.
- hunt down — to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- hunt's-up — (formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.
- hunteress — Obsolete form of huntress.
- huntsmans — (Australia) Plural form of huntsman, in the sense of a spider.
- huon gulf — a gulf of the Solomon Sea, on the E coast of New Guinea.
- huon pine — a coniferous tree, Dacrydium franklinii, of Tasmania, having very small cones and yielding timber.
- hurrahing — to shout “hurrah.”.
- hurricane — a violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour (32 m/sec). Compare tropical cyclone, typhoon.
- hurricano — (obsolete) A waterspout; a hurricane.
- husbanded — a married man, especially when considered in relation to his partner in marriage.
- husbander — A person who husbands resources.
- husbandly — Having the characteristics of a husband; marital.
- husbandry — the cultivation and production of edible crops or of animals for food; agriculture; farming.
- huskiness — big and strong; burly.
- huskisson — William, 1770–1830, British statesman and financier.
- hussein i — 1935–1999, king of Jordan 1953–99.
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- hydronaut — a person trained to work in deep-sea vessels for research and rescue purposes.
- hydronium — (inorganic chemistry) the hydrated hydrogen ion, H3O+.
- hypotonus — Hypotonia.
- ibn rushd — Arabic name of Averroës.
- ibn-rushd — Averroës
- ichneumon — Also called African mongoose, Egyptian mongoose. a slender, long-tailed mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, inhabiting Africa and southern Europe, and believed by the ancient Egyptians to devour crocodile eggs.
- in a huff — indignant
- in ambush — If someone is lying in ambush, they are hiding and waiting for someone, usually to attack them.
- in chorus — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- in shtuck — in trouble
- in-humane — not humane; lacking humanity, kindness, compassion, etc.
- indraught — an inward flow or current, as of air or water.
- inhumanly — lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- inrushing — Moving towards or into.
- inwrought — worked in or closely combined with something.
- isanthous — having regular flowers.
- john bull — England; the English people.
- john paul — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- jotunheim — the outer world, or realm of giants; Utgard.
- junk heap — an accumulation of refuse and discarded matter