10-letter words containing a, c, h, l, o
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- co-channel — denoting or relating to a radio transmission that is on the same frequency channel as another
- coach bolt — a large round-headed bolt used esp to secure wood to masonry
- coachloads — Plural form of coachload.
- coal chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which coal may be dropped
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- dochmiacal — of or relating to dochmiac verse
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects
- echolocate — To locate by means of echolocation.
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- face cloth — washcloth.
- facecloths — Plural form of facecloth.
- flash-lock — stanch1 (def 5).
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- glasscloth — a cloth for cleaning glass, which does not leave fibres behind
- golschmann — Vladimir [vlad-uh-meer] /ˈvlæd əˌmɪər/ (Show IPA), 1893–1972, French orchestra conductor in the U.S.
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- gottschalk — Louis Moreau [maw-roh,, moh-] /mɔˈroʊ,, moʊ-/ (Show IPA), 1829–69, U.S. pianist and composer.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- hagiologic — Synonym of hagiological.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.