10-letter words containing h, u, i, c
- chirurgery — surgery.
- chirurgion — Alternative form of chirurgeon; archaic spelling of surgeon.
- chiungchou — Qiongzhou.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chrysippus — 280–209? b.c, Greek Stoic philosopher.
- chubbiness — round and plump: a chubby child; a chubby face.
- chuffiness — the quality of being chuffy; boorishness
- chumminess — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunkiness — The state of being chunky.
- chuntering — to grumble or grouse mildly or tediously.
- churchlike — resembling or appropriate to a church: churchlike silence.
- churlishly — In a churlish manner.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- cliquishly — In a cliquish manner.
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- 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.
- continueth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crunchings — any actions in which things are crunched
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- cuchifrito — a small piece of pork, pig's stomach, etc. dipped in batter and deep-fried
- cuchulainn — a hero of Ulster and the subject of many legends.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- dischuffed — (New Zealand, British, informal) Very displeased or unsatisfied.
- distichous — Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- du chaillu — Paul Belloni [pawl buh-loh-nee;; French pawl be-law-nee] /pɔl bəˈloʊ ni;; French pɔl bɛ lɔˈni/ (Show IPA), 1835–1903, U.S. explorer in Africa, traveler, and writer; born in France.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.