8-letter words containing r, h, u
- bum-rush — to force one's way into; crash: to bum-rush a rap concert.
- buraydah — a town and oasis in central Saudi Arabia. Pop: 462 000 (2005 est)
- burghley — William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley. 1520–98, English statesman: chief adviser to Elizabeth I; secretary of state (1558–72) and Lord High Treasurer (1572–98)
- burleigh — Burghley
- burrfish — any of several porcupinefishes of the genus Chilomycterus, covered with short, immovable spines.
- bushfire — an uncontrolled fire in the bush; a scrub or forest fire
- butchery — You can refer to the cruel killing of a lot of people as butchery when you want to express your horror and disgust at this.
- butthurt — mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, a bad outcome, etc.
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- char siu — barbecued marinated pork
- charmful — highly charming or enchanting
- chartula — charta (def 2).
- chasseur — a member of a unit specially trained and equipped for swift deployment
- chaudron — (obsolete) entrails.
- chauffer — a small portable heater or stove
- chavurah — havurah.
- chearful — Archaic spelling of cheerful.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- chirrups — Plural form of chirrup.
- chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
- chlorous — of or containing chlorine in the trivalent state
- 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.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- 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
- chubbier — Comparative form of chubby.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- chuckers — woodchuck.
- chuckler — Someone who chuckles.
- chukkars — one of the periods of play.
- chukkers — Plural form of chukker.
- chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
- chunders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunder.
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.
- churched — formally presented or taught at church.
- churches — Plural form of church.
- churchly — appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians