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10-letter words containing c, h, e, r, u

  • lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
  • lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
  • meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
  • megachurch — an independent church with a very large membership in regular attendance, focusing on an evangelical or conservative Christian theology and offering a variety of educational and social activities.
  • octopusher — a person who plays octopush
  • outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
  • outreached — Simple past tense and past participle of outreach.
  • outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
  • outstretch — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
  • overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
  • pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
  • pitcherful — the amount held by a pitcher.
  • pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
  • puducherry — a union territory of India, on the Coromandel Coast: formerly the chief settlement of French India; territory includes Mahé (on the Malabar Coast), Karikal, and Yanaon. 181 sq. mi. (469 sq. km).
  • quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
  • ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
  • repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.
  • reschedule — to schedule for another or later time: to reschedule a baseball game because of rain.
  • rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
  • rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
  • roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
  • routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
  • schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
  • schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
  • schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
  • scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
  • scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
  • sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
  • search out — hunt for, seek
  • semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
  • sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
  • squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
  • stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
  • subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
  • subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
  • subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
  • suckerfish — remora.
  • super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
  • superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
  • supermacho — extremely macho
  • superthick — extremely thick
  • the cratur — whisky or whiskey
  • the crunch — the critical moment or situation
  • theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
  • thruppence — threepence.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
  • trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands
  • troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
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