10-letter words containing a, r, t, h, o, c
- each other — Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two (The two candidates respected each other) and one another in reference to three or more (The three nations threaten one another), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more. The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.
- enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
- escharotic — Capable of producing an eschar.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- ghost crab — a whitish crab, Ocypode albicans, of sandy beaches from the eastern coast of the U.S. to Brazil.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- hard court — a tennis court having a concrete or asphalt surface.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- 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.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- 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.
- 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).
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- motorcoach — a passenger bus powered by a motor.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- ochratoxin — a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and several other molds that commonly contaminate cereal grains: causes intestinal inflammation and kidney and liver degeneration when ingested by animals.
- octachoron — (mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a cube, constructed out of sixteen cubes.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orchestras — Plural form of orchestra.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- outreached — Simple past tense and past participle of outreach.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- patch cord — a short cord with a plug at each end, or a plug at one end and a pair of clips at the other, used for temporarily connecting two pieces of equipment or signal paths.
- patchboard — a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictograph — pictogram