10-letter words containing c, h, o, s, e
- house crow — a black and gray crow, Corvus splendens, of India.
- house dick — house detective.
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- houseclean — to subject (a house, room, etc.) to housecleaning.
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- 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.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- incohesive — Not cohesive.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isocheimic — isocheimal
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- kalanchoes — Plural form of kalanchoe.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lockshield — (attributive) A kind of radiator valve used to balance the system by restricting the flow of water on the return side.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- loucheness — The quality of being louche, shifty or disreputable.
- lunchboxes — Plural form of lunchbox.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.
- 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
- 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.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- moustached — Having moustache.
- moustaches — Plural form of moustache.
- neckcloths — Plural form of neckcloth.
- nephoscope — an instrument for determining the speed and direction of cloud motion.
- nightscope — An optical instrument that provides night vision.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- noviceship — The state or position of being a novice.
- octopusher — a person who plays octopush
- ohnosecond — (unit, humour) (Presumably a play on "nanosecond") The miniscule time it takes to realize that you've just made a BIG mistake like typing rm -rf * in the wrong directory. Seen in Elizabeth P. Crowe's book, "The Electronic Traveller."
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.