10-letter words containing c, h, o, s
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- cousinhood — Relationship as of cousins.
- cousinship — Also called first cousin, full cousin. the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. See also second cousin, removed (def 2).
- coyishness — the quality of being coyish
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cushioning — Cushioning is something soft that protects an object when it hits something.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- cystoliths — Plural form of cystolith.
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- deckhouses — Plural form of deckhouse.
- deschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of deschool.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- dishcloths — Plural form of dishcloth.
- distichous — Botany. arranged alternately in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis, as leaves.
- ditch-moss — elodea.
- docentship — privatdocent.
- dock house — traditionally a building situated at the dock where a harbourmaster works and resides
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dogwatches — Plural form of dogwatch.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.