13-letter words containing h, u, t, e
- butcher linen — a strong, heavy fabric made of rayon or rayon and cotton with a linen finish, constructed in plain weave.
- butcher paper — heavy, moisture-resistant paper, as used for wrapping meat.
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
- butcher's saw — a type of hacksaw used especially by butchers for cutting through meat and bones.
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- butyraldehyde — a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO
- butyrophenone — a drug used to treat psychiatric disorders
- call the tune — to be in control of the proceedings
- call the turn — to predict successfully
- carpetmuncher — Alternative form of carpet muncher.
- cash customer — a purchaser who pays cash rather than by check, credit card, or charge account.
- catch the sun — to become slightly sunburnt
- catechumenate — Ecclesiastical. a person under instruction in the rudiments of Christianity, as in the early church; a neophyte.
- ch'en tu-hsiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chaetophorous — bearing bristles; setigerous.
- chapter house — A chapter house is the building or set of rooms in the grounds of a cathedral where the members of the clergy hold their meetings.
- chateau d'eau — an architecturally treated fountain or cistern.
- chateaubriand — François René (frɑ̃swa rəne), Vicomte de Chateaubriand. 1768–1848, French writer and statesman: a precursor of the romantic movement in France; his works include Le Génie du Christianisme (1802) and Mémoires d'outre-tombe (1849–50)
- chattel house — (esp in Barbados) a movable wooden dwelling, usually set on a foundation of loose stones on rented land
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- checkout line — A checkout line is a line of customers waiting to pay at a checkout counter.
- chemautotroph — an organism, such as a bacterium, that obtains its energy from inorganic reactions using simple compounds, such as ammonia or hydrogen sulphide
- chestnut clam — Astarte (def 2).
- chestnut coal — anthracite coal in sizes ranging from 1 3/16 to 1 5/8 inch (3 to 4 cm).
- chief justice — A Chief Justice is the most important judge of a court of law, especially a supreme court.
- child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
- choripetalous — polypetalous
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- church father — any of the writers on Christian doctrine of the pre-Scholastic period
- cinematheques — Plural form of cinematheque.
- claustrophobe — a person who suffers from claustrophobia.
- clistothecium — cleistothecium.
- close-mouthed — Someone who is close-mouthed about something does not say much about it.
- clothes brush — a brush used to remove dust, fluff, dirt, etc from clothes
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- cochlear duct — a spiral tube enclosed in the bony canal of the cochlea.
- come out with — If you come out with a remark, especially a surprising one, you make it.
- come up short — disappoint
- computer chip — a small integrated circuit of a kind used in computers
- computerphobe — a person with a strong fear or dislike of computers
- conduct sheet — a form for detailing information about a person's offences and punishments
- contour sheet — a bed sheet designed to fit snugly over a mattress or the like, often having elastic material to hold down the corners.
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- counter check — a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- counter shaft — A counter shaft is a shaft that runs parallel to the main shaft in a gearbox, and carries the pinion wheels.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- counterchecks — Plural form of countercheck.
- counterphobic — seeking out a situation that one fears in an attempt to overcome the fear.
- countershafts — Plural form of countershaft.