11-letter words containing c, h, i, u, s
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
- disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
- duotheistic — Of or relating to duotheism.
- echoviruses — Plural form of echovirus.
- eucharistic — (Theosophy) Pertaining to the Eucharist.
- euphemistic — Using or of the nature of a euphemism.
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- haruspicate — of or relating to a haruspex
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hills cloud — a hypothetical dense, disc-shaped area within the Oort cloud
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- holluschick — a young male fur seal.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- 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.
- house music — an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
- hsuan chiao — Taoism (def 2).
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- isochronous — isochronal.
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- multischeme — An implementation of Multilisp built on MIT's C-Scheme, for the BBN Butterfly.
- musk orchid — a small Eurasian orchid, Herminium monorchis, with dense spikes of musk-scented greenish-yellow flowers