11-letter words containing c, h, a, r, u
- chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
- chirurgical — relating to, carrying out or expert in surgery
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chupacabras — Plural form of chupacabra.
- church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
- church hall — a building near to or attached to a church suitable for social gatherings
- church rate — (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services.
- churchwards — in the direction of the church
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- churchyards — Plural form of churchyard.
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- couch grass — a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
- couch-grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- crack house — a house or flat where drugs are dealt and used
- crash truck — an emergency vehicle based at an airport.
- crazy house — an asylum for people with psychiatric disorders
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- dauerschlaf — a form of therapy, now rarely used, that involves the use of drugs to induce long periods of deep sleep.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- deutschmark — the former standard monetary unit of Germany, divided into 100 pfennigs; replaced by the euro in 2002: until 1990 the standard monetary unit of West Germany
- dutch chair — a chair of c1700, derived from Dutch models, having curved uprights, a wide splat joined to the seat rail, and cabriole legs.
- dutch treat — a meal or entertainment for which each person pays his or her own expenses.
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- eucharistic — (Theosophy) Pertaining to the Eucharist.
- euchromatin — the part of a chromosome that constitutes the major genes and does not stain strongly with basic dyes when the cell is not dividing
- feather cut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
- feather-cut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
- fruit ranch — a farm where fruit is the main produce.
- furtherance — the act of furthering; promotion; advancement.
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
- hacking run — (jargon) (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
- hair colour — the colour or shade of someone's hair
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- hall church — a Romanesque church in which the side aisles are equally high as the nave, and which has no clerestory, making the space rather dark.
- hard launch — the general or official launch, esp of a website, after which all features, products, and services are understood to be available
- hardecanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- harnoncourt — Nikolaus. 1929–2016, Austrian conductor and cellist, noted for his performances using period instruments
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- heartstruck — Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.