11-letter words containing h, o, c, u, s
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- cornhuskers — Plural form of cornhusker.
- cornhusking — the removal of the husk from corn
- cotton bush — any of various downy chenopodiaceous shrubs, esp Kochia aphylla, which is used to feed livestock
- couch grass — a grass, Agropyron repens, with a yellowish-white creeping underground stem by which it spreads quickly: a troublesome weed
- couch-grass — any of various grasses, especially Agropyron repens, known chiefly as troublesome weeds and characterized by creeping rootstocks that spread rapidly.
- cough sweet — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- cough syrup — Cough syrup is a liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
- countershot — a sequence of frames seen from the perspective of the subject of the previous shot
- courthouses — Plural form of courthouse.
- cowpunchers — Plural form of cowpuncher.
- crack house — a house or flat where drugs are dealt and used
- crazy house — an asylum for people with psychiatric disorders
- creophagous — flesh-eating or carnivorous
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.
- cushionless — without a cushion
- customhouse — a building or office where customs or duties are paid and ships are cleared for entering or leaving
- cut throats — a person who cuts the throat of another; a murderer.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dawn chorus — The dawn chorus is the singing of birds at dawn.
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- dicephalous — having two heads
- dichogamous — having the stamens and pistils maturing at different times, thereby preventing self-pollination, as a monoclinous flower (opposed to homogamous).
- dichotomous — divided or dividing into two parts.
- disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
- discotheque — a nightclub for dancing to live or recorded music and often featuring sophisticated sound systems, elaborate lighting, and other effects.
- duotheistic — Of or relating to duotheism.
- echoviruses — Plural form of echovirus.
- embouchures — Plural form of embouchure.
- endochylous — having water-storing cells
- escarmouche — a skirmish
- escutcheons — Plural form of escutcheon.
- fish course — A fish course is a part of a meal in which fish is served, usually before the entrée.
- fourchettes — Plural form of fourchette.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- heat source — sth that generates warmth
- hederaceous — (rare) Of, pertaining to, or resembling ivy.
- hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
- hills cloud — a hypothetical dense, disc-shaped area within the Oort cloud
- hippocampus — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- hircocervus — (in classical and medieval fable) a mythical creature that is half goat and half stag
- hocus-pocus — a meaningless chant or expression used in conjuring or incantation.
- holluschick — a young male fur seal.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- honeylocust — any of a genus (Gleditsia) of trees of the caesalpinia family, esp. a North American species (G. triacanthos) usually having strong, thorny branches, featherlike foliage, and large, twisted pods containing beanlike seeds and a sweet pulp
- honeysucker — a bird that feeds on the nectar of flowers.
- honeysuckle — any upright or climbing shrub of the genus Diervilla, especially D. lonicera, cultivated for its fragrant white, yellow, or red tubular flowers.