10-letter words containing a, c, h, r
- jonah crab — a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- kurdaitcha — (Australia) An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lancashire — a county in NW England. 1174 sq. mi. (3040 sq. km).
- larithmics — the study of quantitative relations in population aggregates.
- lathyritic — Of or pertaining to lathyrism.
- law french — Anglo-French as used in legal proceedings and lawbooks in England from the Norman Conquest to the 17th century, some terms of which are still in use.
- lawn chair — a chair or chaise longue designed for use out of doors.
- leechcraft — The art of healing.
- leichhardt — Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (ˈfriːdrɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈluːtvɪç). 1813–48, Australian explorer, born in Prussia. He disappeared during an attempt to cross Australia from East to West
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucorrhea — Alternative form of leukorrhea.
- lifehacker — One who uses lifehacks.
- loch morar — a lake in W Scotland, in the SW Highlands: the deepest in Scotland. Length: 18 km (11 miles). Depth: 296 m (987 ft)
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- lunchbreak — A period of rest from work for the purpose of eating lunch.
- maastricht — a city in the SE Netherlands, on the Maas River.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- macintrash — /mak'in-trash"/ The Apple Macintosh, as described by a hacker who doesn"t appreciate being kept away from the *real computer* by the interface. The term maggotbox has been reported in regular use in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. Compare Macintoy. See also beige toaster, WIMP environment, point-and-drool interface, drool-proof paper, user-friendly.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrograph — a representation of an object that is of the same size as or larger than the object.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- maestricht — Maastricht.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- man crèche — an area of a department store set aside to provide entertainment for men while their partners shop
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- manchester — a city in NW England: connected with the Mersey estuary by a ship canal (35½ mi. [57 km] long).
- manchurian — a historic region in NE China: ancestral home of the Manchu. About 413,000 sq. mi. (1,070,000 sq. km).
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- march hare — a hare during its breeding season in March, noted for its wild and excitable behaviour (esp in the phrase mad as a March hare)
- march past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- march-past — a parade or procession, especially of troops past a reviewing stand.
- marchantia — a type of liverwort plant
- marchese's — an Italian noblewoman, equivalent in rank to a marquise.
- marchlands — Plural form of marchland.
- matchboard — a board having a tongue formed on one edge and a groove of the same dimensions cut into the other, used with similar boards to compose floors, dados, etc.
- matchgirls — Plural form of matchgirl.
- matchmaker — a person who makes matches for burning.
- matriarchs — A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
- matriarchy — a family, society, community, or state governed by women.
- mechanizer — A person who, or machine that mechanizes.
- meerschaum — a mineral, hydrous magnesium silicate, H 4 Mg 2 Si 3 O 1 0 , occurring in white, claylike masses, used for ornamental carvings, for pipe bowls, etc.; sepiolite.
- megachurch — an independent church with a very large membership in regular attendance, focusing on an evangelical or conservative Christian theology and offering a variety of educational and social activities.
- menarcheal — the first menstrual period; the establishment of menstruation.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).