9-letter words containing u, c, h
- nonchurch — not associated with the Christian church
- nouthetic — Being or relating to a form of Evangelical Protestant pastoral counseling based upon the Bible and focused on Christ.
- nunchakus — Plural form of nunchaku.
- nunchucks — Sometimes, nunchakus. a Japanese hand weapon for defense against frontal assault, consisting of two foot-long hardwood sticks joined by a chain or thick cord that stretches to body width.
- octateuch — the first eight books of the Old Testament, consisting of Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, or a volume containing them.
- old dutch — the Dutch language before c1100. Abbreviation: OD, OD., O.D.
- ophiuchus — a large constellation lying on the celestial equator between Hercules and Scorpius and containing the dark nebula, Ophiuchus Nebula
- outcharge — to charge more than
- outlaunch — to send out
- outpreach — to outdo in preaching or overcome by preaching
- outscheme — to outdo in scheming
- outsearch — to go or look through (a place, area, etc.) carefully in order to find something missing or lost: They searched the woods for the missing child. I searched the desk for the letter.
- pachomius — Saint, a.d. 292?–348? Egyptian ascetic: founder of the cenobitical form of monasticism.
- parachute — a folding, umbrellalike, fabric device with cords supporting a harness or straps for allowing a person, object, package, etc., to float down safely through the air from a great height, especially from an aircraft, rendered effective by the resistance of the air that expands it during the descent and reduces the velocity of its fall.
- patchogue — a town on S Long Island, in SE New York.
- patchouli — a plant, Pogostemon cablin, of tropical Asia, that yields a fragrant oil (patchouli oil) used in the manufacture of perfumes.
- pathocure — Psychiatry. cessation of a neurosis with the appearance of an organic disease.
- paycheque — a payment for work done
- pinch bug — a stag beetle
- prelaunch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- prochurch — favourable to the church
- proseucha — a place of prayer, esp for Jewish worship
- psych out — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- psych-out — an act or instance of psyching out.
- pub lunch — a lunch in a pub
- puckishly — in a puckish manner
- punch out — a thrusting blow, especially with the fist.
- punch-out — a small section of cardboard or metal surrounded by perforations so that it can be easily forced out.
- punchball — a form of playground or street baseball in which a rubber ball is batted with the fist.
- punchbowl — a large bowl from which punch, lemonade, etc., is served, usually with a ladle.
- punchless — having no punch
- punchline — The punchline of a joke or funny story is its last sentence or phrase, which gives it its humour.
- purchased — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- purchaser — to acquire by the payment of money or its equivalent; buy.
- push back — force to retreat
- push-card — punchboard.
- pushchair — A pushchair is a small chair on wheels, in which a baby or small child can sit and be wheeled around.
- putschist — a participant in a putsch.
- qiu chuji — Ch'iu Ch'u-chi.
- quebracho — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Schinopsis, having very hard wood, especially S. lorentzii, the wood and bark of which are important in tanning and dyeing.
- quenchers — Plural form of quencher.
- quenching — to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- quidditch — Alternative form of Quidditch.
- quoad hoc — as much as this; to this extent.
- rechauffe — a warmed-up dish of food.
- rheumatic — pertaining to or of the nature of rheumatism.
- rhizocaul — a rootlike stem or stalk
- richelieu — Armand Jean du Plessis [ar-mahn zhahn dy ple-see] /arˈmɑ̃ ʒɑ̃ dü plɛˈsi/ (Show IPA), Duc de, 1585–1642, French cardinal and statesman.
- rockhound — a person who collects or who is interested in rocks and minerals
- rotachute — a device serving the same purpose as a parachute, in which the canopy is replaced by freely revolving rotor blades, used for the delivery of stores or recovery of missiles