10-letter words containing c, h, o, m
- homochrome — homochromatic.
- homochromy — a form of camouflage or protective colouring in animals that makes an individual visually become part of the whole group or landscape
- homocyclic — of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic).
- homoecious — designating or of parasites that spend their entire life cycle on one species of host
- homoerotic — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- homophobic — unreasoning fear of or antipathy toward homosexuals and homosexuality.
- homophonic — having the same sound.
- homophoric — Relating to homophora.
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- homosocial — Pertaining to homosociality, to social interaction with the same sex.
- homothetic — similar; similarly placed.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- homunculus — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- 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.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- 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.
- 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.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
- 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.
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- klootchman — a North American Indian woman
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- loch morar — a lake in W Scotland, in the SW Highlands: the deepest in Scotland. Length: 18 km (11 miles). Depth: 296 m (987 ft)
- locksmiths — Plural form of locksmith.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- los mochis — a city in Sinaloa state, NW Mexico.
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lunchrooms — Plural form of lunchroom.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.