10-letter words containing c, a, t, r, h
- 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.
- pachymeter — an instrument for measuring thickness
- packthread — a strong thread or twine for sewing or tying up packages.
- parachutic — involving a parachute
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- 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.
- patch reef — an isolated coral growth forming a small platform in a lagoon, barrier reef, or atoll.
- 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
- patriarchs — the male head of a family or tribal line.
- patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
- pe teacher — a teacher of Physical Education
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- perithecia — the fruiting body of ascomycetous fungi, typically a minute, more or less completely closed, globose or flask-shaped body enclosing the asci.
- peritricha — ciliate protozoans, of the order Peritrichida, in which the cilia are restricted to a spiral around the mouth
- petrarchan — of, relating to, or characteristic of the works of Petrarch.
- phallocrat — a male who assumes authority over females due to his maleness
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- pharmacist — a person licensed to prepare and dispense drugs and medicines; druggist; apothecary; pharmaceutical chemist.
- 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.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- 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
- pitch-dark — dark or black as pitch: a pitch-dark night.
- preachment — the act of preaching.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- pt teacher — a teacher of Physical Training
- pyracantha — firethorn.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- rat cheese — inexpensive cheese, especially domestic cheddar.
- ratcatcher — a person, animal, or thing that catches and exterminates rats, especially a person whose business it is to rid a property of rats.
- ratchet up — If something ratchets up or is ratcheted up, it increases by a fixed amount or degree, and seems unlikely to decrease again.
- ratcheting — a toothed bar with which a pawl engages.
- reattached — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.