10-letter words containing c, h, i, p, e, r
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- 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.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hypermanic — pertaining to or affected by mania.
- hypernymic — Of or pertaining to hypernyms.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hyperpneic — characterized by unusually fast breathing
- 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.
- 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.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- 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).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- orchiopexy — (surgery) The procedure to move an undescended testicle into the scrotum.
- orthopedic — of or relating to orthopedics.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- page chair — a chair of the 18th century having deep wings continued to form an arch over the seat.
- parischane — a parish
- pasticheur — a person who makes, composes, or concocts a pastiche.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- perchloric — of or derived from perchloric acid.
- peripheric — peripheral (defs 1–3).
- periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
- periphytic — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- 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
- phaneritic — (of a rock) having the principal constituents in the form of crystals visible to the naked eye.
- phrenesiac — hypochondriacal
- phrensical — frenzical; frenzied