10-letter words containing a, r, c, e, o
- 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.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse-race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horseraces — Plural form of horserace.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hydra code — (humour, programming) Code that cannot be fixed because each time a bug is remove, two new bugs grow in its place. Named after the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- 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.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- iatrogenic — (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- ideogramic — Alt form ideogrammic.
- ignorances — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- immoderacy — immoderation.
- importance — the quality or state of being important; consequence; significance.
- inceration — The act of smearing or covering with wax.
- incompared — incomparable; unmatched; unequalled
- incoronate — wearing a crown
- incouraged — Simple past tense and past participle of incourage.
- inoperancy — The quality of being inoperant or inoperative, of lacking the power to be effective or effectual.
- interlocal — pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
- interocean — situated between, or connecting, two oceans
- iridaceous — belonging to the Iridaceae family of plants.
- jabberwock — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- kiloparsec — a unit of distance, equal to 1000 parsecs. Abbreviation: kpc.
- kleptocrat — a government official who is a thief or exploiter.
- knackebrod — flat, thin, brittle unleavened rye bread.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- laborforce — Alternative form of labor force.
- laceration — the result of lacerating; a rough, jagged tear.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lactometer — an instrument for determining the specific gravity of milk.
- laeotropic — oriented or coiled in a leftward direction, as a left-spiraling snail shell.
- land force — an armed force serving on land