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.
- coatsworth — Elizabeth, 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