10-letter words containing c, h, r, y, s
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hysteretic — the lag in response exhibited by a body in reacting to changes in the forces, especially magnetic forces, affecting it. Compare magnetic hysteresis.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hystericky — prone to or characterized by hysteria
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- hystricine — Like or pertaining to porcupines.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- parastichy — one of a number of seemingly secondary spirals or oblique ranks winding around the stem or axis to the right and left in a spiral arrangement of leaves, scales, etc., where the internodes are short and the members closely crowded, as in the houseleek and the pine cone.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- pyrrhicist — a person who dances the pyrrhic
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- saccharify — to convert (starch) into sugar.
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- squirarchy — squirearchy.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- switchyard — a railroad yard in which rolling stock is distributed or made up into trains.
- synchronal — synchronous.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- trichocyst — an organ of offense and defense embedded in the outer cytoplasm of certain protozoans, consisting of a small elongated sac containing a fine, hairlike filament capable of being ejected.
- trickishly — in a crafty manner