10-letter words containing c, h, o, m, s
- haemocoels — Plural form of haemocoel.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hemostatic — arresting hemorrhage, as a drug; styptic.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- 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.
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- horse clam — gaper.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- isochasmic — (of a line on a map) bounding areas of equal auroral frequency
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isomorphic — Biology. different in ancestry, but having the same form or appearance.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- macchiatos — Plural form of macchiato.
- machoflops — /mach'oh-flops/ A pun on "megaflops" referring to the inflated performance figures often quoted by computer manufacturers. Real application programs are lucky to get half the quoted speed. See Your mileage may vary, benchmark.
- mackintosh — Charles Rennie [ren-ee] /ˈrɛn i/ (Show IPA), 1868–1928, Scottish architect and designer.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- masochists — Plural form of masochist.
- mast cloth — a partial lining sewed to the back of a square sail to prevent chafing from contact with the mast.
- matchbooks — Plural form of matchbook.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- matchlocks — Plural form of matchlock.
- 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
- microchips — Plural form of microchip.
- microliths — Plural form of microlith.
- minischool — an alternative educational institution, usually offering specialized or individual instruction.
- mischivous — Obsolete spelling of mischievous.
- mohs scale — a scale of hardness used in mineralogy. Its degrees, in increasing hardness, are: talc 1; gypsum 2; calcite 3; fluorite 4; apatite 5; feldspar 6; quartz 7; topaz 8; sapphire 9; diamond 10. Abbreviation: MSH.
- moiseivich — Benno [ben-oh] /ˈbɛn oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1890–1963, English pianist, born in Russia.
- molestache — (slang, rare) A type of mustache supposedly associated with child molesters.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchism — the principles of monarchy.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.