9-letter words containing u, c, h
- kuangchou — Wade-Giles. Canton.
- kuchipudi — a form of S Indian classical dancing
- kurchatov — Igor Vasilievich [ee-guh r-vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈi gər vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1903–60, Soviet nuclear physicist.
- launchers — Plural form of launcher.
- launching — Present participle of launch.
- launchpad — the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.
- lebkuchen — a hard, chewy or brittle Christmas cookie, usually flavored with honey and spices and containing nuts and citron.
- lecherous — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- lehmbruck — Wilhelm [vil-helm] /ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1881–1919, German sculptor.
- leucothea — a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
- leucothoe — any of various shrubs of the genus Leucothoe, of the heath family, having clusters of white or pinkish flowers.
- lichenous — of, relating to, or resembling a lichen.
- lockhouse — the house of a lock-keeper
- lunch box — a small container, usually of metal or plastic and with a handle, for carrying one's lunch from home to school or work.
- luncheons — Plural form of luncheon.
- lunchhook — Usually, lunchhooks. hands.
- lunchmeat — luncheon meat.
- lunchpail — lunchbox.
- lunchroom — a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
- lunchtime — a period set aside for eating lunch or the period of an hour or so, beginning roughly at noon, during which lunch is commonly eaten.
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- macarthur — Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in SW Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea 1950–51.
- man crush — an intense but non-sexual admiration felt by one man for another
- manchukuo — a former country (1932–45) in E Asia, under Japanese control: included Manchuria and parts of Inner Mongolia; now a part of China.
- manchuria — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- manicheus — Manes.
- marshbuck — an antelope of the central African swamplands, Strepsiceros spekei, with spreading hoofs adapted to boggy ground; an important vector of the tsetse fly
- mascouche — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- mizoguchi — Kenji (ˈkɛndʒɪ). 1898–1956, Japanese film director. His films include A Paper Doll's Whisper of Spring (1925), Woman of Osaka (1940), and Ugetsu Monogatari (1952)
- mouchette — a daggerlike form, especially in tracery, created by a segmental and an ogee curve so that it is pointed at one end and circular at the other.
- moustache — the hair growing on the upper lip.
- much less — to a smaller extent, amount, or degree: less exact.
- muck heap — a pile of dung, soil or refuse
- muckheaps — Plural form of muckheap.
- mumchance — Mute, or not speaking; silent.
- mummachog — Alternative form of mummichog.
- mummichog — a silver and black killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, found in fresh, brackish, and salt water along the Atlantic coast of the U.S.
- mummychog — Alternative form of mummichog.
- munch out — to chew with steady or vigorous working of the jaws, often audibly.
- munchable — an item of food that can be munched; a snack
- munchkins — Plural form of munchkin.
- murchison — an intermittent river in W Australia, flowing SW to the Indian Ocean. 440 miles (708 km) long.
- mustached — Having a mustache.
- mustaches — Plural form of mustache.
- mustachio — a mustache.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- naumachia — a mock sea fight, given as a spectacle among the ancient Romans.
- neuchatel — a canton in W Switzerland. 309 sq. mi. (800 sq. km).
- neurochip — a semiconductor chip designed for use in an electronic neural network
- nightclub — Also, night club. an establishment for evening entertainment, generally open until the early morning, that serves liquor and usually food and offers patrons music, comedy acts, a floor show, or dancing; nightspot.