10-letter words containing h, u, c
- cuban heel — a moderately high heel for a shoe or boot
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cuchifrito — a small piece of pork, pig's stomach, etc. dipped in batter and deep-fried
- cuchulainn — a hero of Ulster and the subject of many legends.
- cunningham — Merce (mɜːs). 1919–2009 US dancer and choreographer. His experimental ballets include Suite for Five (1956) and Travelogue (1977)
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cut a dash — If you say that someone cuts a dash, you mean that they have an attractively stylish appearance or a rather bold manner.
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- cuttlefish — A cuttlefish is a sea animal that has a soft body and a hard shell inside.
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- dachshunds — Plural form of dachshund.
- debauchees — Plural form of debauchee.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- debauching — Present participle of debauch.
- debouching — Present participle of debouche.
- deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
- declutched — Simple past tense and past participle of declutch.
- dischuffed — (New Zealand, British, informal) Very displeased or unsatisfied.
- distichous — Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- dock house — traditionally a building situated at the dock where a harbourmaster works and resides
- dog clutch — a clutch in which projections of one of the engaging parts fit into recesses of the other.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- douche bag — a small syringe having detachable nozzles for fluid injections, used chiefly for vaginal lavage and for enemas.
- douchebags — Plural form of douchebag.
- douchiness — (slang, derogatory) The quality of being douchey or douchy; objectionableness.
- doughfaced — over-persuadable
- du chaillu — Paul Belloni [pawl buh-loh-nee;; French pawl be-law-nee] /pɔl bəˈloʊ ni;; French pɔl bɛ lɔˈni/ (Show IPA), 1835–1903, U.S. explorer in Africa, traveler, and writer; born in France.
- duck-shove — to evade responsibility (for)
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dude ranch — a ranch operated primarily as a vacation resort.
- dutch barn — a farm building consisting of a steel frame and a curved roof
- dutch bond — a brickwork bond in which the vertical joints of the stretchers in any course are in line with the centers of the first stretchers above and below.
- dutch doll — a jointed wooden doll
- dutch door — a door consisting of two units horizontally divided so that each half can be opened or closed separately.
- dutch gold — an alloy of copper and zinc in the form of thin sheets, used as an imitation of gold leaf.
- dutch oven — a heavily constructed kettle with a close-fitting lid, used for pot roasts, stews, etc.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dutch rush — scouring rush.
- dutch wife — (in tropical countries) an open framework used in bed as a rest for the limbs.
- dutchesses — Plural form of dutchess.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- echinulate — (of a plant or animal) having a covering of prickles or small spines.
- embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- enschedule — to place in a schedule