10-letter words containing c, h, e, m, o
- hemochrome — the red coloring matter of the blood.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- henchwoman — Feminine of henchman.
- henchwomen — Plural form of henchwoman.
- heroicomic — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hochheimer — a Rhine wine produced at Hochheim, near Mainz, Germany.
- hockey mom — a mother who spends much time driving her children to hockey rinks, watching their games, and encouraging their participation in the sport: Hockey moms are made of tough stuff.
- 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.
- homecoming — a return to one's home; arrival at home.
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homeschool — to teach (one's children) at home instead of sending them to school.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- homochrome — homochromatic.
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- homoerotic — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homothetic — similar; similarly placed.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- horse clam — gaper.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- maconochie — a tinned stew of meat and vegetables given to soldiers during World War 1
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- megaphonic — Of, or pertaining to, a megaphone.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- mesolithic — of, relating to, or characteristic of a transitional period of the Stone Age intermediate between the Paleolithic and the Neolithic periods, characterized by adaptation to a hunting, collecting, and fishing economy based on the use of forest, lakeside, and seashore environments; Epipaleolithic.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- mesoscaphe — a mid-20th century vessel lowered into the sea to a moderate depth for the purpose of underwater exploration