10-letter words containing c, h, u, s
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- outstretch — to stretch forth; extend: to outstretch one's hand in welcome.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- pincushion — a small cushion into which pins are stuck until needed.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- psyched up — psychologically prepared
- punch list — a list of unfinished matters that require attention.
- purchasing — buying
- puschkinia — a small spring-flowering bulb, Puschkinia scilloides, of Asia Minor and the Caucasus, having white or pale blue flowers striped with dark blue
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- quenchless — not capable of being quenched; unquenchable.
- 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
- sacahuista — a North American flowering grass
- salt chuck — the ocean.
- satchelful — the amount a satchel will hold
- 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.
- scheduling — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school bus — a vehicle used to transport students to and from school or used for other related purposes.
- 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.
- schtupping — to have sexual intercourse with.
- 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.
- schuylkill — a river flowing SE from E Pennsylvania to the Delaware River at Philadelphia. 131 miles (210 km) long.
- 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.
- shakuhachi — a wooden Japanese end-blown flute with four holes in front and one at the back
- shock tube — an apparatus in which a gas is heated to very high temperatures by means of a shock wave, usually for spectroscopic investigation of the natures and reactions of the resulting radicals and excited molecules
- shortcrust — light crumbly pastry
- sketch out — describe briefly
- slouch hat — a soft hat often made of felt and having a supple, usually broad brim.
- snaphaunce — an early flintlock mechanism for igniting a charge of gunpowder in a gun.
- so much as — in the way or manner indicated, described, or implied: Do it so.
- so much so — You use so much so to indicate that your previous statement is true to a very great extent, and therefore it has the result mentioned.
- soft touch — a person who is easily convinced, especially to give or lend money: a soft touch for charities.
- soul patch — a small patch of facial hair below the centre of the lower lip and above the chin
- squelching — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
- squirarchy — squirearchy.