9-letter words containing c, h, u, t, e
- hackitude — (jargon) An even sillier word for hackishness.
- hacqueton — an upholstered garment for the upper body worn under chain mail or such a garment covered with chain mail
- halieutic — Of or pertaining to fishing.
- headcount — The act of counting how many people are present in a group.
- heuretics — the use of logic
- heuristic — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexateuch — the first six books of the Old Testament.
- homecourt — (basketball) The home court of a basketball team.
- hot sauce — any of several highly spiced, pungent condiments, especially one containing some type of pepper or chili.
- housecats — Plural form of housecat.
- housecoat — a woman's robe or dresslike garment in various lengths, for casual wear about the house.
- hucksters — Plural form of huckster.
- huckstery — the business of a huckster
- humectant — a substance that absorbs or helps another substance retain moisture, as glycerol.
- humectate — to humect ie to moisten, to wet
- humective — tending to moisten
- hutcheson — Francis. 1694–1746, Scottish philosopher: he published books on ethics and aesthetics, including System of Moral Philosophy (1755)
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- mouchette — a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- mustached — Having a mustache.
- mustaches — Plural form of mustache.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- octateuch — the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outscheme — to outdo in scheming
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles
- scatheful — causing harm or injury
- schmutter — cloth or clothing
- scouthery — scorching
- scutcheon — escutcheon.
- stauncher — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stenchful — malodorous; foul-smelling
- technique — the manner and ability with which an artist, writer, dancer, athlete, or the like employs the technical skills of a particular art or field of endeavor.
- tehuelche — a member of an Indian people of Patagonia.
- the chuck — dismissal
- the curse — menstruation or a menstrual period
- the cutes — cute mannerisms, ploys, devices, etc. designed to charm or attract others
- the deuce — used in such phrases as what the deuce, where the deuce, etc
- the dutch — the natives, citizens, or inhabitants of the Netherlands