10-letter words containing c, h, o, p, l
- compelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel.
- consulship — an official appointed by the government of one country to look after its commercial interests and the welfare of its citizens in another country.
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- cryophilic — able to thrive at low temperatures
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cytophilic — (of antibodies, etc) having an attraction or affinity to cells
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- drop cloth — a sheet of cloth, paper, plastic, or the like laid over furniture and floors for protection while a room is being painted or laid over shrubbery while the exterior of a house is being painted.
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- 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.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homophilic — (immunology) that reacts only with a specific antigen.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- 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.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- iconophile — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lipophilic — having a strong affinity for lipids.