10-letter words containing h, u, i, c
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- euchlorine — an explosive gaseous mixture of chlorine and chlorine dioxide
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- eurhythmic — Harmonious.
- europhobic — hostile to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
- eurybathic — (of an aquatic organism) able to live at different depths
- euryhygric — able to withstand a wide range of humidity
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- faith cure — a method of attempting to cure disease by prayer and religious faith.
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- flaunching — The sloped mortar fillet around the base of a chimney pot, which serves to hold the pot in position and allow rainwater to run off.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- gaucheries — Plural form of gaucherie.
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- glochidium — glochid.
- grouchiest — Superlative form of grouchy.
- guilloches — Plural form of guilloche.
- habitaunce — a place where a person or an animal lives or resides
- haircutter — A barber.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- heuristics — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hibiscuses — Plural form of hibiscus.
- hiccoughed — Simple past tense and past participle of hiccough.
- hiccupping — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
- high court — Supreme Court.
- high-count — (of a woven fabric) having a relatively high number of warp and filling threads per square inch.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hippuritic — of, relating to, or containing hippurites
- holodiscus — a genus of flowering deciduous shrubs of the family Rosaceae
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house dick — house detective.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humic acid — a brown, melanin-tinted mixture of polymers, found in lignite, peat, and soils, where it acts as a cation exchange agent: used in drilling fluids and inks.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hut circle — a circle of earth or stones representing the site of a prehistoric hut
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.