10-letter words containing a, c, h, l, o
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- halfcocked — Simple past tense and past participle of halfcock.
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- halocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing carbon, one or more halogens, and sometimes hydrogen.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- horse clam — gaper.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- house call — a professional visit, as by a doctor or sales representative, to the home of a patient or customer.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydrocoral — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hylozoical — characterized by the theory that all matter possesses life or that life is an essential property of matter
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- knob latch — a latch having a spring bolt controlled by a knob on one or both sides.
- laccoliths — Plural form of laccolith.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lalochezia — (rare) The use of vulgar or foul language to relieve stress or pain.
- latch hook — a handheld tool similar to a latch needle, used for drawing loops of yarn through canvas or similar material to make rugs and the like.
- latch onto — a device for holding a door, gate, or the like, closed, consisting basically of a bar falling or sliding into a catch, groove, hole, etc.
- law school — university where law degrees are taught
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.