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14-letter words containing hu

  • humpback whale — a large whalebone whale of the genus Megaptera having long narrow flippers, and noted for its habit of arching deeply as it dives: once abundant in coastal waters, it is now rare but its numbers are increasing.
  • humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • hungry viewkit — (operating system, library)   A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • hunter's sauce — chasseur (def 4).
  • hunting ground — a section or area for hunting game.
  • hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
  • huntsman's-cup — a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.
  • hurricane deck — a deck at the top of a passenger steamer, having a roof supported by light scantlings.
  • hurricane lamp — a candlestick or oil lantern protected against drafts or winds by a glass chimney.
  • husein ibn-ali — 1856–1931, 1st king of Hejaz 1916–24.
  • hydrosulphuric — Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric.
  • hyposulphurous — relating to sulphur in a low state of oxidation
  • krolewska huta — former name of Chorzów.
  • kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
  • miller's thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
  • miller's-thumb — any of several small, freshwater sculpins of the genus Cottus, of Europe and North America.
  • mother hubbard — a full, loose gown, usually fitted at the shoulders, worn by women.
  • neo-malthusian — a view or doctrine advocating population control, especially by contraception.
  • non-humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
  • non-malthusian — of or relating to the theories of T. R. Malthus, which state that population tends to increase faster, at a geometrical ratio, than the means of subsistence, which increases at an arithmetical ratio, and that this will result in an inadequate supply of the goods supporting life unless war, famine, or disease reduces the population or the increase of population is checked.
  • nonchurchgoing — Not attending church.
  • northumberland — a county in NE England. 1943 sq. mi. (5030 sq. km).
  • overenthusiasm — absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit; lively interest: He shows marked enthusiasm for his studies.
  • paper-shuffler — a person who has a routine desk job.
  • parachute jump — leaping from aircraft with a parachute
  • park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
  • posthumousness — the fact of being posthumous
  • rotary shutter — a camera shutter consisting of a rotating disk pierced with a slit that passes in front of the lens to expose the film or plate.
  • rumbledethumps — a Scottish dish of butter and mashed potatoes, sometimes mixed with cabbage or turnips
  • russian church — the autocephalous Eastern Church in Russia: the branch of the Orthodox Church that constituted the established church in Russia until 1917.
  • saddam hussein — Also, Hosein, Husain. (al-Husayn) a.d. 629?–680, Arabian caliph, the son of Ali and Fatima and the brother of Hasan.
  • scapulohumeral — of, relating to, or involving the scapula and humerus.
  • scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
  • schumann-heink — Ernestine, 1861–1936, U.S. contralto, born in Bohemia.
  • sense of humor — finding things funny
  • servant church — the attitude or practices of a church whose avowed purpose is to serve the world.
  • shulchan aruch — the main codification of Jewish law derived from the Talmud, compiled by the 16th-century rabbi, Joseph Caro
  • shut in a well — To shut in a well is to close off a well so that it stops producing.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • siberian husky — one of a Siberian breed of medium-size dogs having a thick, soft coat, raised originally as sled dogs.
  • station church — any of the churches in Rome that have been used from ancient times as points of assembly for religious processions
  • sulphur spring — a natural hot spring containing sulphur, believed to have curative properties
  • sulphur-bottom — blue whale.
  • sulphur-flower — a plant, Eriogonum umbellatum, of the buckwheat family, native to the western coast of the U.S., having leaves with white, woolly hairs on the underside and golden-yellow flowers.
  • sulphuric acid — Sulphuric acid is a colourless, oily, and very powerful acid.
  • the deerhunter — a film (1978) about the Vietnam War, directed by Michael Cimino and starring Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken
  • the human race — mankind
  • the humanities — the study of literature, philosophy, and the arts
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