10-letter words containing c, h, e, r, o
- hard-coded — (jargon) (By analogy with "hard-wired") Said of a data value or behaviour written directly into a program, possibly in multiple places, where it cannot be easily modified. There are several alternatives, depending on how often the value is likely to change. It may be replaced with a compile-time constant, such as a C "#define" macro, in which case a change will still require recompilation; or it may be read at run time from a profile, resource (see de-rezz), or environment variable that a user can easily modify; or it may be read as part of the program's input data. To change something hard-coded requires recompilation (if using a compiled language of course) but, more seriously, it requires sufficient understanding of the implementation to be sure that the change will not introduce inconsistency and cause the program to fail. For example, "The line terminator is hard-coded as newline; who in their right mind would use anything else?" See magic number.
- hardcovers — Plural form of hardcover.
- headcollar — A bitless headpiece for leading or tying up a horse.
- 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.
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectometre — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hectostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- hemachrome — Alternative form of haemachrome.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemochrome — the red coloring matter of the blood.
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- 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.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicized — heroize.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicomic — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- hochheimer — a Rhine wine produced at Hochheim, near Mainz, Germany.
- hog sucker — any of several suckers of the genus Hypentelium, inhabiting cool streams of eastern North America and characterized by a broad head that is concave above.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- 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.
- homochrome — homochromatic.
- homoerotic — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- hoodiecrow — A hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horse corn — field corn.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse-race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- horseleech — a large leech, as Haemopis marmoratis, that infests the mouth and nasal passages of horses.
- horseraces — Plural form of horserace.
- hot corner — third base (def 2).