10-letter words containing c, a, l, h
- ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- oil change — the replacement of dirty engine oil with clean engine oil
- oligarchic — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- ophthalmic — of or relating to the eye; ocular.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- 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.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- palm beach — a town in SE Florida: seaside winter resort.
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- paschal ii — (Ranieri) died 1118, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1099–1118.
- pathetical — causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- pathologic — of or relating to pathology.
- peach palm — a palm, Bactris gasipaes, having very spiny, tall stems, widely cultivated in the New World tropics for its edible fruit and palm hearts.
- peach-blow — a delicate purplish pink.
- ph balance — a method of expressing the degree of acidity or alkalinity of a solution
- phallicism — worship of the phallus, especially as symbolic of power or of the generative principle of nature.
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- pharmacol. — pharmacology
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- philatelic — the collecting of stamps and other postal matter as a hobby or an investment.
- phlegmatic — not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish.
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phone call — telephone call
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied
- phthisical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or affected by phthisis.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- physically — relating to the body or its appearance: He is not physically attractive.
- pina cloth — a fine, sheer fabric of pineapple-leaf fiber, used especially for lingerie.
- pitch lake — a deposit of natural asphalt in SW Trinidad, West Indies. 114 acres (47 hectares).
- plainchant — plainsong (defs 1, 2).
- planchette — a small, heart-shaped board supported by two casters and a pencil or stylus that, when moved across a surface by the light, unguided pressure of the fingertips, is supposed to trace meaningful patterns or written messages revealing subconscious thoughts, psychic phenomena, clairvoyant messages, etc.
- play havoc — to cause a great deal of damage, distress, or confusion (to)
- play-lunch — a schoolchild's mid-morning snack
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyphagic — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- polyphasic — having more than two phases.
- postlaunch — relating to or occurring in the period after a launch
- pre-launch — preparatory to launch, as of a spacecraft.
- quackishly — In a quackish manner.