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10-letter words containing a, c, h, r

  • 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
  • club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
  • coach park — an area reserved for parking coaches
  • coach trip — any tour, journey, or voyage made by bus
  • coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
  • coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
  • coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
  • coatsworthElizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
  • coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
  • cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
  • cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
  • cockchafer — any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses
  • coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
  • collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
  • colourwash — a coloured distemper
  • comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
  • 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.
  • contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
  • copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
  • coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
  • corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
  • cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
  • cornstarch — Cornstarch is the same as cornflour.
  • coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
  • cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
  • cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
  • court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
  • cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
  • crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
  • crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
  • crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
  • crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
  • crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
  • crash cart — a movable cart or similar conveyance carrying supplies and equipment for the management of medical emergencies.
  • crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
  • crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
  • crash site — the place where a crash occurred
  • crash team — a medical team with special equipment able to be mobilized quickly to treat cardiac arrest
  • crash test — the act of crashing a vehicle under controlled conditions in order to assess its safety for passengers
  • crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
  • crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
  • crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
  • crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
  • crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
  • crepe hair — artificial hair, usually plaited and made of wool or vegetable fibre, used in theatrical make-up
  • crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
  • crithidial — relating to a developmental stage in protozoan parasites of the trypanosome group, now more commonly referred to as the epimastigote stage
  • cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
  • crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
  • crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
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