8-letter words containing h, u
- chavurah — havurah.
- chearful — Archaic spelling of cheerful.
- check up — If you check up on something, you find out information about it.
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- checksum — a digit representing the number of bits of information transmitted, attached to the end of a message in order to verify the integrity of data
- checkups — Plural form of checkup.
- cheekful — the quantity that can be held in or cover a cheek
- cheer up — When you cheer up or when something cheers you up, you stop feeling depressed and become more cheerful.
- cheerful — Someone who is cheerful is happy and shows this in their behaviour.
- chemulpo — Inchon.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- chequers — an estate and country house in S England, in central Buckinghamshire: the official country residence of the British prime minister
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- cherubic — If someone looks cherubic, they look sweet and innocent like a cherub.
- cherubim — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- cheshunt — a town in SE England, in SE Hertfordshire: a dormitory town of London. Pop: 55 275 (2001)
- chesnutt — Charles Waddell [wo-del] /wɒˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- chestful — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- chetumal — city in SE Mexico: capital of Quintana Roo state: pop. 38,000
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chiasmus — reversal of the order of words in the second of two parallel phrases
- chibouks — Plural form of chibouk.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chillums — Plural form of chillum.
- chipmunk — A chipmunk is a small animal with a large furry tail and a striped back.
- chiquita — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “small.”.
- chirrups — Plural form of chirrup.
- chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- chockful — filled to capacity
- choiseul — an island in the SW Pacific Ocean, in the Solomon Islands: hilly and densely forested. Area: 3885 sq km (1500 sq miles)
- choke up — to block (a drain, pipe, etc) completely
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- choragus — the leader of a chorus
- choregus — the producer or financier of a dramatist's works in Ancient Greece
- chorus's — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- chorused — Music. a group of persons singing in unison. (in an opera, oratorio, etc.) such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers. a piece of music for singing in unison. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse; refrain.
- choruses — Plural form of chorus.
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chromium — Chromium is a hard, shiny metallic element, used to make steel alloys and to coat other metals.
- chromous — of or containing chromium in the divalent state
- chubasco — (in Mexico) a hurricane
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- chubbies — Plural form of chubby.
- chubbily — in a chubby way or in the manner of someone who is chubby