10-letter words containing c, h, y, l, o
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hollyhocks — Plural form of hollyhock.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- homocyclic — of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic).
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrocoral — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hydroxylic — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hylozoical — characterized by the theory that all matter possesses life or that life is an essential property of matter
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- john lynch — John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- microphyll — (botany) A leaf having a single unbranched vein, or a structure that is derived from such a leaf.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- mythologic — (mythology) Of or pertaining to mythology.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
- only child — sb without siblings
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phycobilin — any of a class of red or blue-green pigments found in the red algae and cyanobacteria
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.