Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 29 compound words that contain hull. The most common are listed below. Open hull in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- convex hullThe smallest convex set of points in which a given set of points is contained.
- rice hullThe hard protecting covering of a grain of rice.
- Kingston upon HullA maritime city and unitary authority of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, also known as Hull.
- hull lossAn accident that damages an aircraft beyond economic repair.
- hull speedThe speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the boat length. In the sailship era the hull speed was regarded as an approximate limit for the speed a ship could reach.
- Ottawa-HullThe National Capital Region (NCR) of Canada; Former name of Ottawa-Gatineau.
- hull-downOf a ship: so far distant that only the masts and sails are visible above the horizon.
- Sutton-on-HullA suburb in the north-east of the City of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1132).
- Bishop's HullA village and civil parish in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2024).
- hull operatorSynonym of closure operator: A function which maps any subset X of S onto another such subset (or possibly X itself) called the closure of X (thus providing a mathematical means to define closure).
- hull-upOf a ship: at a distance such that the hull is visible above the horizon.
- pressure hullA secondary hull in a submarine, inside the main outer hull, that withstands the outside pressure and has normal atmospheric pressure inside.
- hull splashTo reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.
- affine hullSynonym of hull (“geometrical intersection of sets”).
- hull breachThe breaking or puncturing of a ship's surface.
- bean-hullA bean pod.
- hull speedsplural of hull speed: The speed at which the wavelength of a vessel's bow wave is equal to the boat length. In the sailship era the hull speed was regarded as an approximate limit for the speed a ship could reach.
- hull-lessAlternative form of hulless: Lacking a hull
- hull-workAlternative form of hull work.
- turtle hullThe trunk of a car; a storage compartment under the hood.
- hull breachesplural of hull breach: The breaking or puncturing of a ship's surface.
- hull splashingpresent participle and gerund of hull splash
- hull splashedsimple past and past participle of hull splash
- hull splashesthird-person singular simple present indicative of hull splash: To reverse-engineer the hull of a boat by making a cast of it.
Compound words 29
- hullyHaving or containing hulls (peel, shell etc.).
- HullishThe dialect of English spoken in Hull, Yorkshire.
- hullsideThe side of a ship's hull, typically the outer vertical or sloping surface.
- hullessLacking a hull
- ahullat the hull of a ship
- dehullTo remove the hull (covering of a seed or fruit) from.
- HullensianA person from Kingston upon Hull, England.
- soyhullThe hull of a soybean used as fodder
- unhullSynonym of hull (“remove the outer covering”)
- SolihullA large town and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, in the centre of England.