8-letter words containing u, n, h
- chequing — (British, and, Canada) alternative spelling of checking.
- cherubin — Obsolete form of cherub.
- 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.
- chestnut — A chestnut or chestnut tree is a tall tree with broad leaves.
- chipmunk — A chipmunk is a small animal with a large furry tail and a striped back.
- chisinau — the capital of Moldova on the Bîk River: manufacturing centre of a rich agricultural region; university (1945). Pop: 662 000 (2005 est)
- chondrus — a protoctist genus that belongs to the family Gigartinaceae
- chousing — Present participle of chouse.
- chuck in — to abandon or give up
- chucking — Machinery. to hold or secure with a chuck.
- chuffing — (intensifier)
- chugging — a large gulp or swallow: He finished his beer in two chugs.
- chumming — cut or ground bait dumped into the water to attract fish to the area where one is fishing.
- chumping — the act of collecting wood for bonfires on Guy Fawkes Day
- chunchon — a city in N South Korea.
- chunders — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunder.
- chunk up — to toss or throw; chuck: chunking pebbles at the barn door.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- chunking — the grouping together of a number of items by the mind, after which they can be remembered as a single item, such as a word or a musical phrase
- chunters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chunter.
- churinga — a sacred amulet of the native Australians
- churners — Plural form of churner.
- churning — Churning water is moving about violently.
- churring — to make a characteristic shrill, trilling sound, as a grasshopper.
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- clubhand — congenital deformity of the hand
- cornhusk — the outer protective covering of an ear of maize; the chaff
- cothurni — a grave and elevated style of acting; tragic acting; tragedy.
- couchant — in a lying position
- couching — a method of embroidery in which the thread is caught down at intervals by another thread passed through the material from beneath
- coughing — the action of expelling air or solid matter from the lungs abruptly and explosively through the partially closed vocal cords
- coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- crumhorn — a medieval woodwind instrument of bass pitch, consisting of an almost cylindrical tube curving upwards and blown through a double reed covered by a pierced cap
- crunched — Simple past tense and past participle of crunch.
- cruncher — the critical or decisive thing
- crunches — Plural form of crunch.
- crushing — A crushing defeat, burden, or disappointment is a very great or severe one.
- cushions — Plural form of cushion.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cuxhaven — a port in NW Germany, at the mouth of the River Elbe. Pop: 52 876 (2003 est)
- damanhur — a city in NE Egypt, in the Nile delta. Pop: 229 000 (2005 est)
- dauphine — the wife of a dauphin
- dianthus — any Eurasian caryophyllaceous plant of the widely cultivated genus Dianthus, such as the carnation, pink, and sweet william
- douching — Present participle of douche.
- doughnut — a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring or, when prepared with a filling, a ball.
- downhaul — any of various lines for pulling down a sail or a yard, as for securing in a lowered position when not in use.
- downrush — (intransitive) To rush down; rush downward.
- duathlon — An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.