10-letter words containing c, h, u, r, a
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- eurybathic — (of an aquatic organism) able to live at different depths
- faith cure — a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
- feathercut — a woman's hair style in which the hair is cut in short and uneven lengths and formed into small curls with featherlike tips.
- gaucheries — Plural form of gaucherie.
- haircutter — A barber.
- 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).
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.
- harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- human race — humanity, humans as a species
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucorrhea — Alternative form of leukorrhea.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- megachurch — an independent church with a very large membership in regular attendance, focusing on an evangelical or conservative Christian theology and offering a variety of educational and social activities.
- moucharaby — a projecting second-storey window or balcony enclosed with latticework
- nudibranch — a shell-less, marine snail of the suborder Nudibranchia, having external, often branched respiratory appendages on the back and sides.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- outreached — Simple past tense and past participle of outreach.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- parachutic — involving a parachute
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- pubic hair — hair growing in genital area
- punch card — punched card
- punchboard — a small board containing holes filled with slips of paper printed with concealed numbers that are punched out by a player in an attempt to win a prize.
- purchasing — buying
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- repurchase — to buy again; regain by purchase.