11-letter words containing h, o, c, u
- chancellour — Archaic form of chancellor.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chaud-froid — a cooked dish of fowl or game, served cold with aspic, jelly, or a sauce.
- chaulmoogra — a tropical Asian tree, Taraktogenos (or Hydnocarpus) kurzii: family Flacourtiaceae
- check up on — to examine the record, character, etc. of; investigate
- cheek pouch — a membranous pouch inside the mouth of many rodents and some other mammals: used for holding food
- cheliferous — bearing chelae
- chenopodium — (botany) Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.
- cheque book — A cheque book is a book of cheques which your bank gives you so that you can pay for things by cheque.
- chequerwork — any work that resembles a chequerboard in pattern
- chiaroscuro — Chiaroscuro is the use of light and shade in a picture, or the effect produced by light and shade in a place.
- chibougamau — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chilled out — relaxed
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chorus frog — any of several small North American frogs of the genus Pseudacris, having a loud call commonly heard in the early spring.
- chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chrome alum — a violet-red crystalline substance, used as a mordant in dyeing. Formula: KCr(SO4)2.12H2O
- chromium 51 — the radioactive isotope of chromium having a mass number 51 and a half-life of 27.8 days: used as a tracer.
- chuck wagon — a wagon carrying provisions and cooking utensils for men, such as cowboys, who work in the open
- chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
- chucklesome — amusing; full of humour
- 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.
- chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
- chum salmon — a large salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) with pale flesh, found in the N Pacific
- church book — any of various books commonly used by a church, as a service book or a parish register.
- church mode — a mode belonging to a codified system of modes in use in Gregorian chant and in other music to c1600.
- churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- churchwoman — a female practising member of a church
- churchwomen — Plural form of churchwoman.
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- clean house — to clean and put a home in order
- closehauled — having the sails adjusted for heading as nearly as possible into the wind
- coach house — a building in which a coach is kept
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- coconut shy — a fairground stall in which balls are thrown to knock coconuts off stands