10-letter words containing c, h, r, o, n, e
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- horse corn — field corn.
- hot corner — third base (def 2).
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchize — to carry out the duties or functions of a monarch
- monochrome — a painting or drawing in different shades of a single color.
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necrotroph — a parasitic organism that kills the living cells of its host and then feeds on the dead matter
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- non-breach — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- non-heroic — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- obrenovich — Alexander, Alexander I (def 3).
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- old french — the French language of the 9th through the 13th centuries. Abbreviation: OF.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthogenic — Psychology. of, concerned with, or providing corrective treatment for mentally retarded or seriously disturbed children: orthogenic class.
- orthopneic — difficult or painful breathing except in an erect sitting or standing position.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks
- peacherino — peach1 (def 4).
- pentachord — a series of five consecutive notes of a scale
- periphonic — (of sound reproduction) involving speakers placed at different heights so as to produce sound from all directions
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds