10-letter words containing c, h, a, m, o
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- haemoconia — the small particles of matter, thought to be particles of the structure of red blood cells, that are present in blood that is flowing around the body
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- haemotoxic — destructive to red blood cells
- hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harmonicon — harmonica (def 1).
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hemachrome — Alternative form of haemachrome.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hemianopic — having or relating to hemianopia
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hippocampi — Classical Mythology. a sea horse with two forefeet, and a body ending in the tail of a dolphin or fish.
- home match — a match played on a team's home ground
- 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.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- horse clam — gaper.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
- isochasmic — (of a line on a map) bounding areas of equal auroral frequency
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- loch morar — a lake in W Scotland, in the SW Highlands: the deepest in Scotland. Length: 18 km (11 miles). Depth: 296 m (987 ft)
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- macchiatos — Plural form of macchiato.
- macdonough — Thomas, 1783–1825, U.S. naval officer: defeated British on Lake Champlain 1814.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- maconochie — a tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War 1