12-letter words containing c, h, u, r, s
- christchurch — a city in New Zealand, on E South Island: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; suffered major damage and loss of life in a series of earthquakes in 2010–11. Pop: 366 000 (2013 est)
- chromiferous — Containing, or yielding chromium.
- churchperson — A person involved with the church; a churchgoer or cleric.
- churlishness — The state of being churlish.
- cichoraceous — relating to plants of the sub-order Cichoraceae
- circus catch — a spectacular or difficult catch, esp. one made by a fielder in baseball or a receiver in football
- clothesbrush — A brush for the clothes.
- colour phase — a seasonal change in the coloration of some animals
- conchiferous — (esp of molluscs) having or producing a shell
- consumership — the state of being a consumer
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coprophilous — growing in or on dung
- corner house — a house situated on the corner of two streets
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- countershaft — an intermediate shaft that is driven by, but rotates in the opposite direction to, a main shaft, esp in a gear train
- crash course — A crash course in a particular subject is a short course in which you are taught basic facts or skills, for example before you start a new job.
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- debaucheries — Plural form of debauchery.
- debaucherous — tending toward or involving debauchery, or excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures: a night of debaucherous fun.
- disc shutter — a shutter in a movie camera or projector that covers the gap between separate frames
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dust catcher — Informal. a knickknack or other household object that is little used.
- dutch master — one of a number of renowned and influential Dutch painters
- echo sounder — a sonar instrument that uses echolocation to measure depths under water.
- executorship — The office or position of an executor.
- fish culture — the artificial propagation and breeding of fish.
- flesh colour — of a yellowish-pink to yellowish-grey colour roughly that of the skin of a white person
- forasmuch as — since
- fourth-class — of, relating to, or designated as a class next below third, as for mailing, shipping, etc.
- french sudan — former name of Mali.
- future shock — physical and psychological disturbance caused by a person's inability to cope with very rapid social and technological change.
- hard-surface — to make the surface of (something) hard or firm, as by compacting or paving it: to hard-surface a parking area.
- harum-scarum — reckless; rash; irresponsible: He had a harum-scarum youth.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hermeneutics — the science of interpretation, especially of the Scriptures.
- herstmonceux — a village in S England, in E Sussex north of Eastbourne: 15th-century castle, site of the Royal Observatory, which was transferred from Greenwich between 1948 and 1958, until 1990
- heteroecious — the development of different stages of a parasitic species on different host plants.
- homo erectus — an extinct species of the human lineage, formerly known as Pithecanthropus erectus, having upright stature and a well-evolved postcranial skeleton, but with a smallish brain, low forehead, and protruding face.
- homochromous — being all of one color, as a composite flower or flower head.
- homochronous — (of a genetic character) occurring at the same age or period in the offspring as in the parent.
- host country — nation staging an international event
- house church — a group of Christians meeting for worship in a private house
- house doctor — a resident physician in a hospital, hotel, or other public institution.
- house prices — the sums in money for which houses may be bought or sold
- housecleaner — Someone employed to clean a house.
- housewrecker — wrecker (def 4).
- hucksterings — Plural form of huckstering.
- hurry-scurry — headlong, disorderly haste; hurry and confusion.