10-letter words containing c, h, i, p, s
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dip switch — computing: on-off switch
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- dispatched — to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
- docentship — privatdocent.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- ecphonesis — the use of an exclamatory phrase, as in “O tempore! O mores!”.
- ecthlipsis — loss of a consonant, especially, in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h.
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- emphysemic — Relating to emphysema.
- epicanthus — (anatomy) A skin fold of the upper eyelid, typical to East Asians.
- euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
- exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fast pitch — a variety of softball in which the ball is pitched at a high speed with an underhand motion
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- game chips — round thin potato chips served with game
- geophysics — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- hagioscope — squint (def 13).
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- handpieces — Plural form of handpiece.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- headpieces — Plural form of headpiece.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- heptastich — a strophe, stanza, or poem consisting of seven lines or verses.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- 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.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isographic — (in the study of the geographical distribution of a dialect) a line drawn on a map to indicate areas having common linguistic characteristics.
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.