10-letter words containing c, h, u, r
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chubsucker — any of several stout suckers of the genus Erimyzon, inhabiting sluggish streams, backwaters, and lakes of the central and eastern U.S.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunderous — nauseating
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- chupacabra — An animal said to exist in parts of Latin America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
- church key — a device with a triangular point at one end for making holes in the tops of cans
- churchgoer — A churchgoer is a person who goes to church regularly.
- churchless — (of a person) not belonging to a church
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
- churlishly — In a churlish manner.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- clock-hour — a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11).
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- corn shuck — the husk of an ear of maize
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- couch roll — the roll on which a wet web is transferred from the paper machine to the couch.
- couch-surf — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- crunchings — any actions in which things are crunched
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cuchifrito — a small piece of pork, pig's stomach, etc. dipped in batter and deep-fried
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.