10-letter words containing c, h, u, r
- quickthorn — hawthorn, esp when planted as a hedge
- 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.
- reschedule — to schedule for another or later time: to reschedule a baseball game because of rain.
- rheumatics — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhoicissus — any plant of the climbing genus Rhoicissus, related to and resembling cissus, esp R. rhomboidea (grape ivy), grown for its shiny evergreen foliage: family Vitaceae
- rochambeau — Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur [zhahn ba-teest daw-na-syan duh vee-mœr] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist dɔ naˈsyɛ̃ də viˈmœr/ (Show IPA), Count de, 1725–1807, French general: marshal of France 1791–1807; commander of the French army in the American Revolution.
- roche alum — an alumlike substance derived from alunite.
- rock hound — a geologist.
- rock-hound — a geologist.
- rough copy — writing: early draft
- round arch — an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
- routemarch — march in which a unit retains its column formation but individuals are allowed to break step.
- scaramouch — a stock character in commedia dell'arte and farce who is a cowardly braggart, easily beaten and frightened.
- schaumburg — a city in NE Illinois.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school run — The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school.
- schumacher — Ernst Friedrich (ɛrnst ˈfriːdrɪç). 1911–77, British economist, born in Germany. He is best known for his book Small is Beautiful (1973)
- schumpeter — Joseph Alois [uh-lois] /əˈlɔɪs/ (Show IPA), 1883–1950, U.S. economist, born in Austria.
- scrum half — a player who puts in the ball at scrums and tries to get it away to his three-quarter backs
- scrunch up — If you scrunch something up, you squeeze it or bend it so that it is no longer in its natural shape and is often crushed.
- scruncheon — (in Newfoundland) a small crisp piece of fried pork fat
- scunthorpe — a town in E England, in North Lincolnshire unitary authority, Lincolnshire: developed rapidly after the discovery of local iron ore in the late 19th century; iron and steel industries have declined. Pop: 72 660 (2001)
- sea urchin — any echinoderm of the class Echinoidea, having a somewhat globular or discoid form, and a shell composed of many calcareous plates covered with projecting spines.
- search out — hunt for, seek
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- sepulchral — of, relating to, or serving as a tomb.
- shortcrust — light crumbly pastry
- squirarchy — squirearchy.
- squirearch — a member of the squirearchy.
- stretchout — a deliberate extension of time for meeting a production quota.
- sub-branch — a further branch or division of something within an already established branch or division
- subchapter — a subdivision especially of a body of laws.
- subcharter — to rent a chartered vehicle
- subphrenic — underneath the diaphragm
- suckerfish — remora.
- super-rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
- superbitch — an exceptionally spiteful woman, a very bitchy person
- supermacho — extremely macho
- superthick — extremely thick
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- the cratur — whisky or whiskey
- the crunch — the critical moment or situation
- 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.
- thruppence — threepence.
- thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
- touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
- trachelium — (in classical architecture) any member between the hypotrachelium and the capital of a column.
- trekschuit — a horse-drawn boat, literally a tugboat, specific to the Netherlands