14-letter words containing u, n, o, t, c, h
- horse chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- horse-chestnut — a tree, Aesculus hippocastanum, native to the Old World, having digitate leaves and upright clusters of white flowers.
- humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
- humidification — to make humid.
- hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
- ichthyocentaur — a sea creature with a human head and torso, the legs of a horse, and the tail of a fish.
- ichthyosaurian — (paleontology) Of or relating to the Ichthyosauria.
- instructorship — a person who instructs; teacher.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- microtechnique — the art of preparing something so that it can properly be examined using a microscope
- mother country — the country of one's birth or ancestry.
- mother-fucking — a mean, despicable, or vicious person.
- mountain chain — a series of ranges of mountains
- neurochemistry — the branch of science that is concerned with the chemistry of the nervous system.
- non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- nontherapeutic — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- north caucasus — a region in the S Russian Federation in Europe, E of the Black Sea.
- not up to much — If you say that something is not up to much, you mean that it is of poor quality.
- on the surface — to all appearances
- orphans' court — a probate court in certain U.S. states.
- outside chance — a slight chance or likelihood
- parenchymatous — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- photoinduction — the act or process of being photoinduced
- photoinductive — of, relating to, or being able to undergo photoinduction
- photoluminesce — to produce photoluminescence
- photoreduction — a reduction reaction induced by light.
- pneumothoraces — the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity.
- punch operator — a person who enters data into cards by means of punching holes
- reckon without — If you say that you had reckoned without something, you mean that you had not expected it and so were not prepared for it.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- scotch furnace — ore hearth.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- shower curtain — waterproof sheet around a shower
- south american — a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. About 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km).
- south carolina — a state in the SE United States, on the Atlantic coast. 31,055 sq. mi. (80,430 sq. km). Capital: Columbia. Abbreviation: SC (for use with zip code), S.C.
- southern cross — Also called Cross. Astronomy. a southern constellation between Centaurus and Musca. Compare Northern Cross.
- southern crown — the constellation Corona Australis.
- southern ocean — that part of the Indian Ocean south of Australia
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
- stomachfulness — the quality of being stomachful
- take the count — to be unable to continue after a count of ten
- technical foul — a foul committed by a player or coach, usually not involving physical contact with an opponent, called often for unsportsmanlike conduct, as holding on to the basket or using profanity, that gives the opposing team one or two free throws and sometimes, if the foul was flagrant, requires the ejection of the offending player or coach from the game.
- thermojunction — a point of electrical contact between two dissimilar metals across which a voltage appears, the magnitude of which depends on the temperature of the contact and the nature of the metals
- truth-function — a statement so constructed from other statements that its truth-value depends on the truth-values of the other statements rather than on their meanings.
- turbomachinery — machinery consisting of, incorporating, or constituting a turbine
- unhypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- unmetaphorical — not used, viewed, or intended as a metaphor