10-letter words containing a, n, h, u, c
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- gaucheness — The quality of being gauche.
- guaguanche — a barracuda, Sphyraena guachanco, found chiefly off the coast of Florida.
- habitaunce — a place where a person or an animal lives or resides
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hand cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
- harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- human race — humanity, humans as a species
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lunch meat — Lunch meat is meat that you eat in a sandwich or salad, and that is usually cold and either sliced or formed into rolls.
- lunch-pail — lunchbox.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lunchwagon — a small bus, truck, or other vehicle outfitted for selling or for serving light meals and snacks to the public.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- machinegun — Alternative spelling of machine gun.
- makunouchi — a Japanese fast food dish consisting of fish, meat, eggs, and vegetables served with rice and an umeboshi
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manichaeus — Mani
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- mcnaughton — Andrew George Latta [lat-uh] /ˈlæt ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1966, Canadian army officer, statesman, diplomat, and scientist.
- miscanthus — any tall perennial bamboo-like grass of the genus Miscanthus, native from southern Africa to SE Asia and cultivated for ornament in temperate regions
- multichain — comprising or involving several chains, esp (in chemistry) of a linear polymer
- munchausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- naumachiae — Plural form of naumachia.
- neufchatel — a soft, white cheese similar to cream cheese, made from whole or partly skimmed milk in Neufchâtel, a town in N France.
- nouakchott — Official name Islamic Republic of Mauritania. a republic in W Africa, largely in the Sahara Desert: formerly a French colony; a member of the French Community 1958–66; independent 1960. 418,120 sq. mi. (1,082,931 sq. km). Capital: Nouakchott.