10-letter words containing c, h, o, r, i, a
- ochratoxin — a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and several other molds that commonly contaminate cereal grains: causes intestinal inflammation and kidney and liver degeneration when ingested by animals.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- oligarchic — of, relating to, or having the form of an oligarchy.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orichalcum — a brass rich in zinc, prepared by the ancients.
- orographic — Of or relating to mountains, especially with regard to their position and form.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- paraphonic — of, relating to, or characterized by paraphonia
- paronychia — inflammation of the folds of skin bordering a nail of a finger or toe, usually characterized by infection and pus formation; felon.
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pictograph — pictogram
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- prognathic — having protrusive jaws; having a gnathic index over 103.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
- rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- theocratic — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trichromat — any person with normal colour vision, who can therefore see the three primary colours
- trochoidal — like, arranged or in the form of a trochoid, or belonging or relating to trochoids
- unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
- unharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- urographic — of or relating to urography
- workaholic — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
- zincograph — (formerly) a zinc plate produced by zincography.