10-letter words containing h, u
- card punch — keypunch (def 1).
- card-punch — Also, key punch. Also called card punch. a machine, operated by a keyboard, for coding information by punching holes in cards or paper tape in specified patterns.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cash audit — an audit confined to cash transactions for a prescribed period, for the purpose of determining the amount of cash on hand or on deposit in a bank.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- catch-ups' — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- catholicus — catholicos.
- cavaquinho — A small, four-stringed guitar resembling a ukulele, popular in Brazil and Portugal.
- ch'eng tsu — Yung Lo.
- chain pump — a pump consisting of buckets, plates, or the like, rising upon a chain within a cylinder for raising liquids entering the cylinder at the bottom.
- 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
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chalumeaux — Plural form of chalumeau.
- chanteuses — Plural form of chanteuse.
- charcutier — a pork butcher.
- charged up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chartreuse — either of two liqueurs, green or yellow, made from herbs and flowers
- chartulary — cartulary
- chaucerian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the writings of Geoffrey Chaucer
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- chauffeurs — Plural form of chauffeur.
- chauffeuse — a fireside chair having a low seat and a high back.
- chautauqua — (in the US, formerly) a summer school or educational meeting held in the summer
- chauvinism — Chauvinism is a strong, unreasonable belief that your own country is more important and morally better than other people's.
- chauvinist — a person who is aggressively and blindly patriotic, especially one devoted to military glory.
- check stub — A check stub is the part of a check that is kept by the payee with information such as the check number, date, and amount.
- cheekpouch — (in animals such as the chipmunk) a dilatation of the cheek forming a bag
- cheerfully — full of cheer; in good spirits: a cheerful person.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- chen duxiu — 1879–1942, Chinese intellectual, journalist, and cofounder of the Chinese Communist Party.
- chequebook — a book containing detachable blank cheques and issued by a bank or building society to holders of cheque accounts
- chequeless — Without cheques (financial instruments).
- chequering — Present participle of chequer.
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- 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
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chicoutimi — city in SC Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River: pop. 63,000
- chihuahuas — Plural form of chihuahua.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- chin music — bowling or pitching aimed at the batsman or batter's head
- china blue — a bright greenish blue.