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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
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