8-letter words containing t, h, u
- but that — about the fact that
- but then — You use but then before a remark which suggests that what you have just said should not be regarded as surprising.
- 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.
- butchest — butch haircut.
- butthead — a stupid person
- butthole — anus.
- butthurt — mental distress or irritation caused by an overreaction to a perceived personal slight, a bad outcome, etc.
- calathus — a vase-shaped basket represented in ancient Greek art, used as a symbol of fruitfulness
- cartouch — Alternative form of cartouche.
- cash out — cash in1 (sense 1)
- cash-out — Also, cashout. a direct cash payment or a cash profit or remainder: The store owner lived on a cash-out of fifty dollars a day.
- catch up — If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking.
- catch-up — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- cathetus — a straight line or radius positioned perpendicular to another line or radius
- cathouse — a house of prostitution
- chanteur — a male singer, especially one who sings in nightclubs and cabarets.
- chaqueta — a heavy jacket associated with South American cowboys
- chartula — charta (def 2).
- chateaux — (in France) a castle or fortress.
- chaumont — a department in E France. 2416 sq. mi. (6255 sq. km). Capital: Chaumont.
- checkout — In a supermarket, a checkout is a counter where you pay for things you are buying.
- cheshunt — a town in SE England, in SE Hertfordshire: a dormitory town of London. Pop: 55 275 (2001)
- chesnutt — Charles Waddell [wo-del] /wɒˈdɛl/ (Show IPA), 1858–1932, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- chestful — Anatomy. the trunk of the body from the neck to the abdomen; thorax.
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- chetumal — city in SE Mexico: capital of Quintana Roo state: pop. 38,000
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- chillout — (colloquial) A period of quiet, rest and relaxation, especially after a party etc.
- chiquita — a female given name: from a Spanish word meaning “small.”.
- chouette — a variation of a two-handed game, as backgammon, allowing the participation of three or more persons, in which one player accepts the bets of all the others on the outcome of a game between that player and one other active player, who is permitted to receive advice from the nonplayers.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- chubster — An overweight person.
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- chutzpah — If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people.
- clutched — to hatch (chickens).
- clutcher — to seize with or as with the hands or claws; snatch: The bird swooped down and clutched its prey with its claws.
- clutches — power or control
- coauthor — The coauthors of a book, play, or report are the people who have written it together.
- cockshut — dusk
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- couchant — in a lying position
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- crutched — Simple past tense and past participle of crutch.
- crutches — Plural form of crutch.
- cudworth — Ralph. 1617–88, English philosopher and theologian. His works include True Intellectual System of the Universe (1678) and A Treatise concerning Eternal and Immutable Morality (1731)
- cushiest — Superlative form of cushy.
- cushitic — a group of languages of Somalia, Ethiopia, NE Kenya, and adjacent regions: a subfamily within the Afro-Asiatic family of languages
- cuthbert — Saint. ?635–87 ad, English monk; bishop of Lindisfarne. Feast day: March 20