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10-letter words containing c, h, u, t

  • superthick — extremely thick
  • talcahuano — a seaport in central Chile.
  • tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
  • tchoukball — a non-contact, team-orientated, ballgame developed by the Swiss biologist Dr H. Brandt, the object of the game is to throw the ball at a frame mounted with a springy surface so that it rebounds without being caught by the defending team
  • technetium — Chemistry. an element of the manganese family, not found in nature, but obtained in the fission of uranium or by the bombardment of molybdenum. Symbol: Tc; atomic weight: 99; atomic number: 43; specific gravity: 11.5.
  • telemachus — the son of Odysseus and Penelope who helped Odysseus to kill the suitors of Penelope.
  • the bounce — the start of play at the beginning of each quarter or after a goal
  • the cratur — whisky or whiskey
  • the crunch — the critical moment or situation
  • the discus — the event or sport of throwing the discus
  • the occult — the occult arts or studies
  • the-clouds — a comedy (423 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
  • 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.
  • thucydides — c460–c400 b.c, Greek historian.
  • thumbpiece — a lever over the hinge on the lid of a tankard, pressed by the thumb to raise the lid.
  • thumbscrew — a screw, the head of which is so constructed that it may be turned easily with the thumb and a finger.
  • tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
  • tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
  • tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
  • touch base — make contact
  • touch down — to put the hand, finger, etc., on or into contact with (something) to feel it: He touched the iron cautiously.
  • touch wood — the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem.
  • touch-tone — of or relating to a tone-dialing system or a push-button phone operating on tone dialing.
  • touch-type — to type by means of the touch system.
  • touchpaper — paper saturated with potassium nitrate to make it burn slowly, used for igniting explosives and fireworks.
  • touchstone — a test or criterion for the qualities of a thing.
  • 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
  • trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
  • troutperch — a North American freshwater fish, Percopsis omiscomaycas, exhibiting characteristics of both trouts and perches.
  • trumscheit — trumpet marine.
  • tudor arch — a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.
  • tule perch — See under perch2 (def 3).
  • tummy ache — an ache or pain in the stomach
  • turcophile — a person who favors or admires Turkey, Turkish customs, or Turks.
  • turcophobe — a person who has a morbid fear of Turks.
  • turnbroach — (formerly) a servant whose job was to turn the spit on which meat, poultry, etc, was roasting
  • typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
  • ultra-chic — attractive and fashionable; stylish: a chic hat.
  • ultrafiche — a form of microfiche with the images greatly reduced in size, generally by a factor of 100 or more.
  • unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
  • unathletic — physically active and strong; good at athletics or sports: an athletic child.
  • unattached — not attached.
  • unchastely — in an unchaste manner
  • unchastity — not chaste; not virtuous; not pure: an unchaste woman.
  • unchristen — unchristian
  • underpitch — of or relating to a type of groin-vaulted ceiling construction
  • unemphatic — uttered, or to be uttered, with emphasis; strongly expressive.
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