10-letter words containing c, h, o, s
- cheongsams — Plural form of cheongsam.
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chernozems — Plural form of chernozem.
- chersonese — (capital when part of a name)
- chervonets — (formerly) a Soviet monetary unit and gold coin worth ten roubles
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- chest cold — a cold mainly affecting the chest
- chesterton — G(ilbert) K(eith). 1874–1936, English essayist, novelist, poet, and critic
- chicanismo — pride in one's heritage as a Mexican-American.
- childhoods — Plural form of childhood.
- chilomonas — a genus of flagellate algae comprising the chilomonads.
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
- chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
- chloralose — an anaesthetic and sedative composed of chloral and glucose, also used as a preparation to kill birds and rodents
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chockstone — a stone securely jammed in a crack. It may vary in size from a pebble to a large boulder
- chocolates — Plural form of chocolate.
- choiceless — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- choiceness — The condition of being choice.
- choirgirls — Plural form of choirgirl.
- choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
- chokeholds — Plural form of chokehold.
- cholecysts — Plural form of cholecyst.
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- choosiness — The state of being choosy.
- chop-house — a restaurant specializing in chop, steaks, and the like.
- chophouses — Plural form of chophouse.
- choppiness — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chopsticks — a pair of small sticks of wood or ivory, held together in one hand and used in some Asian countries as utensils, as to lift food to the mouth
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- chorrillos — a city in W central Peru.
- chorus boy — a male singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.
- chosenness — a past participle of choose.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- christhood — the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chromogens — Plural form of chromogen.
- chromosome — A chromosome is a part of a cell in an animal or plant. It contains genes which determine what characteristics the animal or plant will have.