11-letter words containing h, u, i, c
- huckstering — Present participle of huckster.
- hucksterish — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hucksterism — a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- hudibrastic — of, relating to, or resembling the style of Samuel Butler's Hudibras (published 1663–78), a mock-heroic poem written in tetrameter couplets.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- humectation — A moistening.
- humouristic — Alternative spelling of humoristic.
- humperdinck — Engelbert [eng-uh l-bert;; English eng-guh l-burt] /ˈɛŋ əlˌbɛrt;; English ˈɛŋ gəlˌbɜrt/ (Show IPA), 1854–1921, German composer.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hyponychium — (anatomy) The thickened epithelium beneath a nail or claw.
- hypothecium — the layer of hyphal tissue directly beneath the hymenium of an apothecium.
- ichthyosaur — any fishlike marine reptile of the extinct order Ichthyosauria, ranging from 4 to 40 feet (1.2 to 12 meters) in length and having a round, tapering body, a large head, four paddlelike flippers, and a vertical caudal fin.
- in the club — pregnant
- inasmuch as — to the extent that, in that
- inauthentic — not authentic: inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory.
- insomuch as — to such an extent or degree; so (usually followed by that).
- interchurch — interdenominational.
- ipecacuanha — the dried root of a shrubby South American plant, Cephaelis ipecacuanha, of the madder family.
- isochronous — isochronal.
- ixtacihuatl — volcanic mountain in central Mexico, southeast of Mexico City: 17,343 ft (5,286 m)
- justiceship — the office of a justice.
- k'ung ch'iu — (K'ung Ch'iu) 551? b.c.–478? b.c, Chinese philosopher and teacher.
- kanchipuram — a city in SE India, in Tamil Nadu: a sacred Hindu town known as "the Benares of the South"; textile industries. Pop: 152 984 (2001)
- kurdaitchas — Plural form of kurdaitcha.
- lake zürich — a lake in N Switzerland, mostly in Zürich canton. Area: 89 sq km (34 sq miles)
- launch into — begin enthusiastically
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.
- lectureship — the office of lecturer.
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lubavitcher — a member of a missionary Hasidic movement founded in the 1700s by Rabbi Shneour Zalman of Lyady.
- lucha libre — a form of freestyle wrestling originating in Mexico
- lüdenscheid — a city in W Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia: manufacturing centre for aluminium and plastics. Pop: 79 829 (2003 est)
- machine gun — automatic firearm
- machine-gun — to shoot at with a machine gun.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- main gauche — a dagger of the 16th and 17th centuries, held in the left hand in dueling and used to parry the sword of an opponent.
- midas touch — the ability to turn any business venture one is associated with into an extremely profitable one.
- mischevious — Misconstruction of mischievous.
- mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
- mispurchase — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- monchiquite — a type of rock made up of large crystals of, among other constituents, olivine and amphibole and which is found in an analcite groundmass
- monochasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which the main axis produces only a single branch.
- moustachial — (of a stripe on a beak or snout of an animal) resembling a moustache
- mouthpieces — Plural form of mouthpiece.
- multichoice — Multiple-choice.