10-letter words containing s, c, h, a, u
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- eustachian — Alternative form of Eustachian.
- euthanasic — Of, or pertaining to euthanasia.
- fish sauce — a spicy sauce made from the fermented liquid of salt-cured fish, especially anchovies, popular as a flavoring or condiment in Southeast Asian cookery.
- gaucheness — The quality of being gauche.
- gaucheries — Plural form of gaucherie.
- hack house — Falconry. a shed where young hawks are kept and fed while at hack.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- hamesucken — the offence of attacking a person in his or her own dwelling
- hard sauce — a mixture of butter and confectioners' sugar, often with flavoring and cream.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house call — a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- humanistic — a person having a strong interest in or concern for human welfare, values, and dignity.
- humectants — Plural form of humectant.
- hunchbacks — Plural form of hunchback.
- hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- isopachous — having the same thickness.
- juiceheads — Plural form of juicehead.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- lunchpails — Plural form of lunchpail.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- manichaeus — Mani
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- miscanthus — any tall perennial bamboo-like grass of the genus Miscanthus, native from southern Africa to SE Asia and cultivated for ornament in temperate regions
- moustached — Having moustache.
- moustaches — Plural form of moustache.
- moustachio — Alternative spelling of mustachio.
- munchausen — Karl Friedrich Hieronymus [kahrl free-drikh hee-ey-roh-ny-moo s] /kɑrl ˈfri drɪx ˌhi eɪˈroʊ nüˌmʊs/ (Show IPA), Baron von [fuh n] /fən/ (Show IPA), 1720–97, German soldier, adventurer, and teller of tales.
- musclehead — a muscular man, esp. one who is involved in bodybuilding, weight lifting, etc.
- music hall — an auditorium for concerts and musical entertainments.
- mustachios — A long or elaborate mustache.
- nuthatches — Plural form of nuthatch.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- picayunish — of little value or account; small; trifling: a picayune amount.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch