11-letter words containing c, h, i, n, u
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- 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".
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- hallucinant — a person who experiences hallucinations
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- handcuffing — Present participle of handcuff.
- hardicanute — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- hermeneutic — of or relating to hermeneutics; interpretative; explanatory.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hiccoughing — Present participle of hiccough.
- house finch — a small common finch, Carpodacus mexicanus, originally of the western U.S. and Mexico and now widely distributed: the males have a red forehead, throat, breast, and rump.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- humectation — A moistening.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
- in the club — pregnant
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- inauthentic — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- interchurch — interdenominational.
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- isochronous — isochronal.
- k'ung ch'iu — (K'ung Ch'iu) 551? b.c.–478? b.c, Chinese philosopher and teacher.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- launch into — begin enthusiastically
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- multiethnic — involving or pertaining to two or more distinct ethnic groups.
- munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
- nemathecium — a wartlike protuberance on the thallus of certain red algae, containing tetraspores, antheridia, or cystocarps.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- nudibranchs — Plural form of nudibranch.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- parachuting — descent using parachute
- plutarchian — of or relating to the biographer Plutarch.
- puckishness — the state of being puckish