10-letter words containing c, h, y
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- heliacally — In a heliacal manner.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hemicycles — Plural form of hemicycle.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heterarchy — (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- histiocyte — A stationary phagocytic cell present in connective tissue.
- hockey mom — a mother who spends much time driving her children to hockey rinks, watching their games, and encouraging their participation in the sport: Hockey moms are made of tough stuff.
- 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
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homochromy — a form of camouflage or protective colouring in animals that makes an individual visually become part of the whole group or landscape
- homocyclic — of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic).
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- honeycombs — Plural form of honeycomb.
- hyacinthin — phenylacetaldehyde.
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hybrid car — vehicle with combined power source
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydra code — (humour, programming) Code that cannot be fixed because each time a bug is remove, two new bugs grow in its place. Named after the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hydrically — in a hydric manner; in a manner using water or moisture
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrochore — a plant that disperses seeds through water
- hydrocoral — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydroiodic — (chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and iodine.
- 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.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.