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10-letter words containing c, h, o, u

  • talcahuano — a seaport in central Chile.
  • tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
  • tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
  • the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
  • the occult — the occult arts or studies
  • the-clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
  • thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
  • tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
  • tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
  • tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
  • touch base — make contact
  • touch down — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • touch wood — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
  • touch-tone — of or relating to a tone-dialing system or a push-button phone operating on tone dialing.
  • touch-type — to type by means of the touch system.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
  • trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
  • troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
  • tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
  • turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
  • unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
  • unanchored — any of various devices dropped by a chain, cable, or rope to the bottom of a body of water for preventing or restricting the motion of a vessel or other floating object, typically having broad, hooklike arms that bury themselves in the bottom to provide a firm hold.
  • unbroached — Machinery. an elongated, tapered, serrated cutting tool for shaping and enlarging holes.
  • uncohesive — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
  • unharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • unhistoric — not famous or important in history
  • unphonetic — not phonetic
  • unschooled — not schooled, taught, or trained: Though unschooled, he had a grasp of the subject.
  • unscorched — to affect the color, taste, etc., of by burning slightly: The collar of the shirt was yellow where the iron had scorched it.
  • unshocking — causing intense surprise, disgust, horror, etc.
  • untochered — (of a woman) undowered; not provided with a tocher
  • urographic — of or relating to urography
  • urosthenic — having a tail which drives movement of the body
  • vouchering — a person or thing that vouches.
  • woodchucks — Plural form of woodchuck.
  • youth club — A youth club is a club where young people can go to meet each other and take part in various leisure activities. Youth clubs are often run by a church or local authority.
  • yucca moth — any of several white moths of the genus Tegeticula that pollinate the yucca plant, the larvae of which develop in the ovary of the plant, consuming some of the seeds.
  • ziguinchor — a seaport in SW Senegal.
  • zoochorous — (of a plant) having the spores or seeds dispersed by animals
  • zoothecium — one of the outer layers of certain protozoans
  • zucchettos — Plural form of zucchetto.
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