11-letter words containing h, a, c, u
- hunchbacked — humpbacked.
- hurdle race — a race in which people have to jump over a number of obstacles while running
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- inauthentic — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- ixtacihuatl — volcanic mountain in central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City: 17,343 ft (5,286 m)
- janus cloth — a worsted fabric, each side of which has a different color.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- knucklehead — a stupid, bumbling, inept person.
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- laugh track — a separate sound track of prerecorded laughter added to the sound track of a radio or television program to enhance or feign audience responses.
- launch into — begin enthusiastically
- launch shoe — an attachment to an aircraft from which a missile is launched
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.
- leprechauns — a dwarf or sprite.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leucorrhoea — a white or yellowish discharge of mucous material from the vagina, often an indication of infection
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lucky charm — an object that is believed to bring its owner good luck
- lunch break — pause for midday meal
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- mach number — a number indicating the ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound in the medium through which the object is moving. Abbreviation: M.
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- massachuset — a member of an extinct tribe of North American Indians of eastern Massachusetts.
- match up to — If someone or something does not match up to what was expected, they are smaller, less impressive, or of poorer quality.
- meerschaums — Plural form of meerschaum.
- menthaceous — belonging to the Menthaceae, a former name for the plant family Labiatae.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- multiphasic — having many phases, stages, aspects, or the like.
- munchhausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- munich pact — the pact signed by Great Britain, France, Italy, and Germany on September 29, 1938, by which the Sudetenland was ceded to Germany: often cited as an instance of unwise and unprincipled appeasement of an aggressive nation.
- mustachioed — a mustache.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- naked lunch — a novel (1959–66) by William S. Burroughs.