11-letter words containing t, h, u
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- catch up on — to engage in more (work, sleep, etc.) so as to compensate for earlier neglect
- catechumens — Plural form of catechumen.
- centerpunch — to mark with a center punch.
- champertous — a sharing in the proceeds of litigation by one who agrees with either the plaintiff or defendant to help promote it or carry it on.
- chapultepec — a rocky hill in Mexico City: captured (Sept., 1847) in an American assault led by Gen. Winfield Scott in the Mexican War
- charcuterie — cooked cold meats
- chart house — a room or deckhouse for storing and working with charts, navigational instruments, etc.
- chart music — songs that feature in the music charts
- chartaceous — of the nature of paper; papery
- chartbuster — A popular singer or group that makes a best-selling recording.
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chateauroux — a town in central France: 10th-century castle (Château-Raoul). Pop: 46 386 (2009)
- chauvinists — zealous and aggressive patriotism or blind enthusiasm for military glory.
- cheque stub — the part of a cheque that is retained as a record of its purpose
- chicken out — If someone chickens out of something they were intending to do, they decide not to do it because they are afraid.
- chilled out — relaxed
- chin cactus — any of various globular cacti of the genus Gymnocalycium, native to South America, having white or pinkish flowers and a chinlike protrusion below each cluster of spines.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- choukoutien — Wade-Giles. Zhoukoudian.
- chucker-out — a person employed at a club, pub, disco, etc, to throw out drunks or troublemakers and stop those considered undesirable from entering
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- chukka boot — an ankle-high boot made of suede or rubber and worn for playing polo
- chula vista — city in SW Calif.: suburb of San Diego: pop. 174,000
- church rate — (formerly in England and Ireland) a compulsory assessment imposed on the parishioners' holdings of houses or land in order to repair the parish church and maintain its services.
- church text — a heavy typeface in Gothic style
- cladanthous — pleurocarpous.
- 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
- coauthoring — Present participle of coauthor.
- coconut shy — a fairground stall in which balls are thrown to knock coconuts off stands
- cool hunter — a person who is employed to identify future trends, esp in fashion or the media
- cotton bush — any of various downy chenopodiaceous shrubs, esp Kochia aphylla, which is used to feed livestock
- cottonmouth — water moccasin
- cough sweet — a lozenge to relieve a cough
- countermyth — a myth that conflicts with another myth
- countershot — a sequence of frames seen from the perspective of the subject of the previous shot
- county home — a county poorhouse.
- courthouses — Plural form of courthouse.
- crash truck — an emergency vehicle based at an airport.
- credit hour — A credit hour is a credit that a school or college awards to students who have completed a course of study.
- cri du chat — cat's cry syndrome.
- crunch time — the critical moment
- crushworthy — (usually, of a, person) Suitable for a crush (infatuation): attractive.
- cuitlacoche — corn smut.
- cultishness — the quality of being cultish
- curatorship — The rank or period of being a curator.
- curb weight — the weight of an automotive vehicle including fuel, coolant, and lubricants but excluding occupants and cargo.
- cushion cut — a variety of brilliant cut in which the girdle has the form of a square with rounded corners.