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11-letter words containing i, l, h, u

  • chloroquine — a synthetic drug administered orally to treat malaria. Formula: C18H26ClN3
  • chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
  • chorus line — the group of dancers who perform routines in a musical
  • chou en-lai — 1898–1976, Chinese Communist statesman; foreign minister of the People's Republic of China (1949–58) and premier (1949–76)
  • chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
  • chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
  • churn drill — a portable drill rig using a bit fashioned on a massive steel cylinder that is alternately lifted and dropped to drill a hole in earth and rock.
  • chyliferous — containing chyle
  • clubmanship — the status of belonging to an active club
  • clutch disk — The clutch disk or clutch plate is the rotating part of the clutch, to which the friction material is attached.
  • clutch slip — Clutch slip is a faulty condition in which there is not enough friction in the clutch, so that engine speed rises without a corresponding increase in road speed.
  • coach-built — (of a vehicle) having specially built bodywork
  • cochlearium — In Ancient Rome, a small spoon with a long tapering handle.
  • column inch — a unit of measurement for advertising space, one inch deep and one column wide
  • conchylious — Archaic form of conchylaceous.
  • copublisher — a publisher that publishes a work in conjunction with another publisher
  • cuitlacoche — corn smut.
  • cultishness — the quality of being cultish
  • cushionless — without a cushion
  • cutlassfish — any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
  • danish blue — a strong-tasting white cheese with blue veins
  • dasht-i-lut — a desert plateau in central and E central Iran
  • declutching — Present participle of declutch.
  • delightfull — Archaic form of delightful.
  • delphiniums — Plural form of delphinium.
  • diadelphous — (of stamens) having united filaments so that they are arranged in two groups
  • dicephalous — having two heads
  • disc plough — a plough that cuts by means of revolving steel discs
  • dispatchful — of or relating to dispatch, particularly in terms of haste
  • disulphuric — pyrosulphuric
  • double chin — a fold of fat beneath the chin.
  • double whip — an instrument for striking, as in driving animals or in punishing, typically consisting of a lash or other flexible part with a more rigid handle.
  • doublethink — the acceptance of two contradictory ideas or beliefs at the same time.
  • drill chuck — a chuck for holding a drill bit.
  • eid-ul-adha — an annual Muslim festival marking the end of the pilgrimage to Mecca. Animals are sacrificed and their meat shared among the poor
  • eleutherian — giving or protecting freedom
  • endothelium — The tissue that forms a single layer of cells lining various organs and cavities of the body, especially the blood vessels, heart, and lymphatic vessels. It is formed from the embryonic mesoderm.
  • epiphyllous — (of plants) growing on, or attached to, the leaf of another plant
  • episulphide — (organic chemistry) A class of organic compound analogous to epoxides in which a sulphur atom replaces the oxygen.
  • epithalamus — A part of the dorsal forebrain including the pineal gland and a region in the roof of the third ventricle of the brain.
  • euchologion — a collection of prayers
  • exhaustible — Capable of being exhausted.
  • family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
  • field house — a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.
  • flight suit — a long-sleeved jumpsuit made of fire-resistant material, worn typically by members of an aircraft crew.
  • flourisheth — Archaic third-person singular form of flourish.
  • flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
  • flush right — even or level, as with a surface; forming the same plane: The bottom of the window is flush with the floor.
  • frightfully — such as to cause fright; dreadful, terrible, or alarming: A frightful howl woke us.
  • fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
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