10-letter words containing h, p, u
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- cheekpouch — (in animals such as the chipmunk) a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag
- chinquapin — a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
- chipmunked — Simple past tense and past participle of chipmunk.
- chirruping — Present participle of chirrup.
- chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
- chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
- chopped-up — cut into pieces
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chupacabra — An animal said to exist in parts of Latin America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.
- deep south — The Deep South consists of the states that are furthest south in the United States.
- delphinium — A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.
- diaphanous — Diaphanous cloth is very thin and almost transparent.
- diaphonous — Misspelling of diaphanous.
- dimorphous — having two forms.
- diophantus — 3rd century ad, Greek mathematician, noted for his treatise on the theory of numbers, Arithmetica
- diphyllous — having two leaves.
- disulphate — a salt of pyrosulfuric acid, as sodium disulfate, Na 2 S 2 O 7 .
- disulphide — (in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS 2 .
- drugpusher — a person who sells illicit drugs.
- duennaship — The role or status of duenna.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- ephemerous — relating to an ephemeron
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- epiphanous — showing an epiphany
- epithelium — The thin tissue forming the outer layer of a body’s surface and lining the alimentary canal and other hollow structures.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- eriophorum — cotton grass
- euphausiid — A shrimp-like planktonic marine crustacean of an order which includes krill.
- euphemised — Simple past tense and past participle of euphemise.
- euphemisms — Plural form of euphemism.
- euphemized — Simple past tense and past participle of euphemize.
- euphemizer — One who, or that which, euphemizes.
- euphemizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of euphemize.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.