10-letter words containing c, h, u, n
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- escutcheon — A shield or emblem bearing a coat of arms.
- euchlorine — an explosive gaseous mixture of chlorine and chlorine dioxide
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- forfeuchen — worn out; exhausted
- free lunch — food provided without charge in some bars and saloons to attract customers.
- french-cut — sliced lengthwise into long, thin strips.
- gaucheness — The quality of being gauche.
- go much on — to approve of or be in agreement with (something): usually used in the negative
- guaguanche — a barracuda, Sphyraena guachanco, found chiefly off the coast of Florida.
- habitaunce — a place where a person or an animal lives or resides
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hand cruft — (jargon) (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
- hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
- handcuffed — Simple past tense and past participle of handcuff.
- harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- head count — an inventory of people in a group taken by counting individuals.
- hiccupping — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- hucklebone — hipbone.
- human race — humanity, humans as a species
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- inch-pound — one-twelfth of a foot-pound. Abbreviation: in-lb.
- kampuchean — People's Republic of, a former official name of Cambodia.
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- kremenchug — a city in central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- kremenchuk — a city in central Ukraine, on the Dnieper River.
- kuang-chou — Guangzhou
- launch pad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- litchi nut — the brownish, dried litchi fruit.