10-letter words containing c, h
- archipenko — Aleksandr Porfiryevich (alɪkˈsandr parˈfirjɪvitʃ). 1887– 1964, Russian sculptor and painter, in the US after 1923, whose work is characterized by economy of form
- archiplasm — archoplasm
- architects — Plural form of architect.
- architrave — the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
- archivists — Plural form of archivist.
- archivolts — Plural form of archivolt.
- archontate — an archon's period in office
- archoplasm — the protoplasmic material surrounding the centrosome, formerly thought to be involved in the formation of the asters and spindle during mitosis
- archosaurs — Plural form of archosaur.
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- archrivals — Plural form of archrival.
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- arithmatic — Misspelling of arithmetic.
- arithmetic — Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
- arms cache — a hidden store of weapons
- arrhythmic — having irregular rhythm
- art school — tertiary level college for students of art
- arthralgic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from arthralgia.
- arthritics — Plural form of arthritic.
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- as much as — You use as much as before an amount to suggest that it is surprisingly large.
- ashkenazic — of or relating to the Ashkenazi Jews
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- asthmatics — Plural form of asthmatic.
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- at a pinch — If you say that something is possible at a pinch, or in American English if you say that something is possible in a pinch, you mean that it would be possible if it was necessary, but it might not be very comfortable or convenient.
- at a whack — at one time and quickly or without pausing
- athabascan — a family of languages spoken by American Indians in most of inland northwest Canada and Alaska, in coastal Oregon and California, and in Arizona and the Rio Grande basin, and including especially Navajo, Apache, and Chipewyan. Compare family (def 14).
- athapascan — a group of North American Indian languages belonging to the Na-Dene phylum, including Apache and Navaho
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- attachable — to fasten or affix; join; connect: to attach a photograph to an application with a staple.
- attachment — If you have an attachment to someone or something, you are fond of them or loyal to them.
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- autarchist — of or relating to autarchism
- authigenic — (of minerals) having crystallized in a sediment during or after deposition
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- autochthon — one of the earliest known inhabitants of any country; aboriginal
- autophobic — Of or pertaining to autophobia.
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- avalanched — Simple past tense and past participle of avalanche.
- avalanches — Plural form of avalanche.
- avouchable — able to be avouched
- avouchment — The act of avouching.
- azhdarchid — Any member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of pterosaurs known primarily from the late Cretaceous including some of the largest known flying animals of all time.
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- bacchanals — Plural form of bacchanal.
- bacchantes — Plural form of bacchant.
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.