11-letter words containing c, h, o, u, e
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- homonuclear — a homonuclear molecule is composed of atoms of the same element or isotope and all of its nuclei are alike
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.
- horn clause — (logic) A set of atomic literals with at most one positive literal. Usually written L <- L1, ..., Ln or <- L1, ..., Ln where n>=0, "<-" means "is implied by" and comma stands for conjuction ("AND"). If L is false the clause is regarded as a goal. Horn clauses can express a subset of statements of first order logic. The name "Horn Clause" comes from the logician Alfred Horn, who first pointed out the significance of such clauses in 1951, in the article "On sentences which are true of direct unions of algebras", Journal of Symbolic Logic, 16, 14-21. A definite clause is a Horn clause that has exactly one positive literal.
- hour circle — a great circle on the celestial sphere passing through the celestial poles and containing a point on the celestial sphere, as a star or the vernal equinox.
- 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.
- house place — (in medieval architecture) a room common to all the inhabitants of a house, as a hall.
- house-clean — to clean the inside of a person's house
- house-craft — skill in domestic management
- hpcode-plus — A descendant of HPcode with data types, developed to be an ANDF language.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- humectation — A moistening.
- hypercolour — a dye that causes a fabric to change colour with a change of temperature
- hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- luckenbooth — a booth or shop capable of being locked up
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- 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
- mouth ulcer — oral sore
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.
- multichrome — chromium.
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- neuroethics — The ethics of neuroscience and neurotechnology.
- neuropathic — any diseased condition of the nervous system.
- nucleophile — of or relating to electron contribution in covalent bonding (opposed to electrophilic).
- on schedule — with no delay
- on the club — away from work due to sickness, esp when receiving sickness benefit
- on the cuff — a fold or band serving as a trimming or finish for the bottom of a sleeve.
- on the cusp — If you say that someone or something is on the cusp, you mean they are between two states, or are about to be in a particular state.
- open cheque — an uncrossed cheque that can be cashed at the drawee bank
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- pate a chou — French Cookery. cream puff paste.
- perichylous — (of a plant) having water-storing tissue outside the green tissue
- photoreduce — to undergo or to cause to undergo photoreduction
- pouched rat — pocket gopher.
- power lunch — ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something.
- preluncheon — a light meal before lunch
- psychagogue — a necromancer