11-letter words containing h, u, i
- chickamauga — creek in NW Ga.: site of a Civil War battle (Sept., 1863) in which Confederate forces routed the Union army
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chicken run — the departure of white residents from South Africa
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chilaquiles — (in Mexican cooking) a dish of fried tortilla strips typically topped with a spicy tomato sauce and cheese.
- child abuse — physical, sexual, or emotional ill-treatment or neglect of a child, esp by those responsible for its welfare
- chili sauce — a spiced sauce of chopped tomatoes, green and red sweet peppers, onions, etc.
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chilled out — relaxed
- chimichurri — an Argentinian sauce of parsley, oregano, red chilies, lemon zest, vinegar, and olive oil, often served with grilled meat.
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chinquapins — Plural form of chinquapin.
- chirrupings — Plural form of chirruping.
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chirurgical — relating to, carrying out or expert in surgery
- chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
- chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
- chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
- chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chromium 51 — the radioactive isotope of chromium having a mass number 51 and a half-life of 27.8 days: used as a tracer.
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- chukchi sea — part of the Arctic Ocean, north of the Bering Strait between Asia and North America
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
- chyliferous — containing chyle
- chymiferous — containing chyme
- clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
- clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
- clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
- coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
- column inch — a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
- conchylious — Archaic form of conchylaceous.
- copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
- cornhusking — the removal of the husk from corn
- credit hour — A credit hour is a credit that a school or college awards to students who have completed a course of study.
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- cruise ship — A cruise ship is a large ship which takes people from place to place on a cruise holiday, and on which entertainment, food, and drink are provided.
- crunch time — the critical moment
- crunchiness — The state of being crunchy.
- cuitlacoche — corn smut.
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.
- cushionless — without a cushion