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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.
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