9-letter words containing c, h, a, u
- mummachog — Alternative form of mummichog.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- mustached — Having a mustache.
- mustaches — Plural form of mustache.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- naumachia — a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- nunchakus — Plural form of nunchaku.
- octateuch — the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outlaunch — to send out
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- paycheque — a payment for work done
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- push back — force to retreat
- push-card — punchboard.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- quoad hoc — as much as this; to this extent.
- rechauffe — a warmed-up dish of food.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- roughback — any of several large American flatfishes having rough skin, especially Hippoglossoides platessoides, a species of plaice.
- roughcast — Also called spatter dash. an exterior wall finish composed of mortar and fine pebbles mixed together and dashed against the wall. Compare pebble dash.
- roundarch — having rounded arches
- saccharum — a brewing sugar derived from cane sugar
- saltchuck — the ocean.
- sasquatch — Big Foot.
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- schaudinn — Fritz [frits] /frɪts/ (Show IPA), 1871–1906, German zoologist.
- schedular — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schnauzer — one of a German breed of sturdy medium-sized dogs having a tight, wiry, pepper-and-salt or pure black coat, bristly eyebrows and beardlike whiskers, and a docked tail, used originally as a ratter and a guard dog and later used in police work.
- sharp-cut — cut so as to have a sharp edge: a tool with a sharp-cut blade.
- sphacelus — the death of living tissue
- spleuchan — a small pouch, especially for carrying tobacco or money.
- squirarch — a person who believes in government by squires
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.