10-letter words containing h, u
- 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
- chuttering — Present participle of chutter.
- 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.
- clutch bag — clutch1 (def 15).
- co-publish — to publish (something) with another person or company
- coal chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which coal may be dropped
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- continueth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue.
- coonhounds — Plural form of coonhound.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- corn shuck — the husk of an ear of maize
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- couch roll — the roll on which a wet web is transferred from the paper machine to the couch.
- couch-surf — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- couchettes — Plural form of couchette.
- cough drop — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- cowpuncher — cowboy
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- crunchings — any actions in which things are crunched
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- crutchings — the wool clipped from a sheep's hindquarters
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.