10-letter words containing c, h, o
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- cohibition — restraint
- cohibitive — restrictive
- cohobating — Present participle of cohobate.
- cohobation — (dated, chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.
- cohomology — the abstract study of algebraic topology
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
- colchicine — a pale-yellow crystalline alkaloid extracted from seeds or corms of the autumn crocus. It is used in the treatment of gout and to create polyploid plants by inhibiting chromosome separation during meiosis. Formula: C22H25NO6
- colchicums — Plural form of colchicum.
- cold light — light emitted at low temperatures from a source that is not incandescent, such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, or triboluminescence
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- collophore — a ventral tubelike structure on the abdomen of a springtail.
- colocynths — Plural form of colocynth.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- comanchean — of or relating to the early part of the Cretaceous system and period
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of commend.
- committeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commit.
- commonhold — a form of property tenure in which each flat in a multi-occupancy building is individually wholly owned and common areas are jointly owned
- compelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel.
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- conchiform — shaped like a shell
- conchiglie — pasta in the form of shells
- conchiolin — a fibrous insoluble protein that forms the basic structure of the shells of molluscs. Formula: C30H48O11N9
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- conchology — the study and collection of mollusc shells
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- cone shell — any of various tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Conus and related genera, having a smooth conical shell
- consisteth — Archaic third-person singular form of consist.
- 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.
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- continueth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- cook-chill — a method of food preparation used by caterers, in which cooked dishes are chilled rapidly and reheated as required
- coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.
- coonhounds — Plural form of coonhound.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- coquettish — If you describe a woman as coquettish, you mean she acts in a playful way that is intended to make men find her attractive.
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants