11-letter words containing h, e, u, r
- burnt shale — carbonaceous shale formed by destructive distillation of oil shale or by spontaneous combustion of shale after it has been some years in a tip: sometimes used in road making
- bus shelter — A bus shelter is a bus stop that has a roof and at least one open side.
- bush clover — any of several plants or shrubs belonging to the genus Lespedeza, of the legume family, having pinnately trifoliate leaves and heads of pink, purple, cream, or white flowers.
- bush lawyer — any of several prickly trailing plants of the genus Rubus
- bush oyster — a bull's testicle when cooked and eaten
- bush parole — an escape from prison.
- bush shrike — any shrike of the African subfamily Malaconotinae, such as Chlorophoneus nigrifrons (black-fronted bush shrike)
- bush tucker — any wild animal, insect, plant or plant extract, etc traditionally used as food by native Australians
- bushwhacker — a person who travels around or lives in thinly populated woodlands
- butcherbird — a shrike, esp one of the genus Lanius
- butter dish — a small dish designed to hold butter
- butterworth — George. 1885–1916, British composer, noted for his interest in folk song and his settings of Housman's poems
- buttonholer — a person who buttonholes
- buzz phrase — a phrase that comes into vogue in the same way as a buzz word
- can crusher — a device which presses empty metal food containers in order to reduce their volume before they are disposed of
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- chaleur bay — an inlet of the Gulf of St. Lawrence between NE New Brunswick and SE Quebec, in SE Canada: rich fishing ground. About 85 miles (135 km) long; 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- charcuterie — cooked cold meats
- chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chauffeured — driven by a chauffeur
- che guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- cheerfuller — Comparative form of cheerful.
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- cheque card — In Britain, a cheque card or a cheque guarantee card is a small plastic card given to you by your bank and which you have to show when you are paying for something by cheque or when you are cashing a cheque at another bank.
- chequerwise — in the manner of a chequerboard
- chequerwork — any work that resembles a chequerboard in pattern
- cherry plum — a small widely planted Asian rosaceous tree, Prunus cerasifera, with white flowers and red or yellow cherry-like fruit
- chicken run — the departure of white residents from South Africa
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chuck-berry — Charles Edward Anderson ("Chuck") born 1926, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer, musician, and composer.
- chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
- church rate — (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services.
- church text — a heavy typeface in Gothic style
- churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme