10-letter words containing c, h, e, r, o
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- house crow — a black and gray crow, Corvus splendens, of India.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hydra code — (humour, programming) Code that cannot be fixed because each time a bug is remove, two new bugs grow in its place. Named after the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrochore — a plant that disperses seeds through water
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- 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.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- leucorrhea — Alternative form of leukorrhea.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- logorrheic — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- 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.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- microfiche — a flat sheet of microfilm in a form suitable for filing, typically measuring 4 by 6 inches (10 by 15 cm) and containing microreproductions, as of printed or graphic matter, in a grid pattern.