9-letter words containing c, u, h
- buckteeth — a projecting tooth, especially an upper front tooth.
- buckthorn — any of several thorny small-flowered shrubs of the genus Rhamnus, esp the Eurasian species R. cathartica, whose berries were formerly used as a purgative: family Rhamnaceae
- bucktooth — a projecting upper front tooth
- buckwheat — Buckwheat is a type of small black grain used for feeding animals and making flour. Buckwheat also refers to the flour itself.
- bullfinch — A bullfinch is a type of small European bird. The male has a black head and a pinkish-red breast.
- bullwhack — to flog with a short whip
- bush coat — a belted, hip-length, shirtlike jacket, usually with four patch pockets and a notched collar, adapted from the hunting coat customarily worn in the African bush.
- bushcraft — ability and experience in matters concerned with living in the bush
- bushwhack — to ambush
- butcher's — a look
- butchered — a retail or wholesale dealer in meat.
- butcherer — a person who butchers
- butcherly — of or resembling a butcher
- butchness — the state of being butch
- cantharus — a large two-handled pottery cup
- capuchins — Plural form of capuchin.
- cardpunch — a device, no longer widely used, controlled by a computer, for transferring information from the central processing unit onto punched cards
- cartouche — a carved or cast ornamental tablet or panel in the form of a scroll, sometimes having an inscription
- cashed up — having plenty of money
- catch out — To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something.
- catch-ups — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- cathouses — Plural form of cathouse.
- cauchemar — a nightmare
- ceanothus — any shrub of the North American rhamnaceous genus Ceanothus: grown for their ornamental, often blue, flower clusters
- cellhouse — a prison building containing separate cells, each usually intended for one or two prisoners.
- cephalous — having a head
- ch'u yuan — 343–289 b.c, Chinese poet: author of the Li-sao.
- chalk out — to outline (a plan, scheme, etc); sketch
- chalumeau — an early reed instrument, the precursor of the clarinet
- chalutzim — halutz.
- chanceful — eventful
- chancrous — (medicine) Of the nature of a chancre; affected by chancre.
- changchou — Changzhou
- changchun — a city in NE China, capital of Jilin province: as Hsinking, capital of the Japanese state of Manchukuo (1932–45). Pop: 3 092 000 (2005 est)
- change up — When you change up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- change-up — a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- chanteuse — a female singer, esp in a nightclub or cabaret
- chardzhou — a city in E Turkmenistan, on the Amu Darya.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- charmeuse — a lightweight fabric with a satin-like finish
- chartreux — a breed of sturdy cat with short dense woolly fur
- chartulae — charta (def 2).
- chasseurs — Plural form of chasseur.
- chasubles — Plural form of chasuble.
- chauffeur — The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it.