10-letter words containing c, h, t, o
- choucroute — a dish, resembling sauerkraut, that consists of cabbage that has been preserved by soaking in pickle
- 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)
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chronicity — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chronotron — a gadget that, by contrasting electrical pulsations, can calculate very short periods of time
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- close shot — closeup (def 2).
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- coach bolt — a large round-headed bolt used esp to secure wood to masonry
- coach trip — any tour, journey, or voyage made by bus
- coal chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which coal may be dropped
- coat check — The coat check at a public building such as a theater or club is the place where customers can leave their coats, usually for a small fee.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- coccoliths — Plural form of coccolith.
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- cockfights — Plural form of cockfight.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- cohabitant — a person living together with another or others
- cohabitate — cohabit.
- cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- 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.
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
- 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.
- colocynths — Plural form of colocynth.
- 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.