10-letter words containing h, u, l
- bullethead — a head considered similar in shape to a bullet, as that of a person with a high, domelike forehead and cranium and short hair.
- bullheaded — blindly stubborn; headstrong
- bunny hill — a nursery slope
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.
- bush basil — See under basil.
- bush pilot — a pilot who flies small aircraft over rugged terrain or unsettled regions to serve remote areas inaccessible to or off the route of larger planes: Bush pilots brought supplies to the Alaskan village once a week.
- bushelling — alteration of clothes
- bushwalker — a person who hikes through bushland
- butlership — the skills of a butler
- buttonhold — to buttonhole a person
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- call house — a house or apartment used by prostitutes for arranging or keeping assignations.
- callathump — a shivaree.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- catholicus — catholicos.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chalumeaux — Plural form of chalumeau.
- chartulary — cartulary
- cheerfully — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- chequeless — Without cheques (financial instruments).
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chess club — a club in which participants can learn chess and improve their playing skills
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.
- chine nual — (documentation) /sheen'yu-*l/ (MIT) The LISP Machine Manual, so called because the title was wrapped around the cover so only those letters showed on the front.
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chock-full — Something that is chock-full is completely full.
- choke-full — chock-full.
- cholagogue — a drug or other substance that promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder into the duodenum
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chubb lock — a type of lock with a device that sets the bolt immovably if the lock is picked
- chuck-full — chock-full
- chuckholes — Plural form of chuckhole.
- chuckwalla — a lizard, Sauromalus obesus, that has an inflatable body and inhabits desert regions of the southwestern US: family Iguanidae (iguanas)
- chug-a-lug — to consume (a drink) in one gulp
- churchless — (of a person) not belonging to a church
- 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
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- cliquishly — In a cliquish manner.
- clock-hour — a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11).
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- club wheat — a wheat, Triticum compactum, characterized by compact, club-shaped spikes, used for making pastry flour and the like.
- club-house — a building or room occupied by a club.
- clubhouses — Plural form of clubhouse.