10-letter words containing c, h
- carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carpophore — the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
- carragheen — Irish moss.
- cart horse — A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- carthorses — Plural form of carthorse.
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartograph — the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cartwheels — Plural form of cartwheel.
- cartwright — a person who makes carts
- cased hole — A cased hole is the part of the wellbore with metal casing and cementing.
- caseharden — to form a hard, thin surface on (an iron alloy)
- cash audit — an audit confined to cash transactions for a prescribed period, for the purpose of determining the amount of cash on hand or on deposit in a bank.
- cash basis — A cash basis is a system of accounting where income is recognized when it is received, and expenses when they are paid.
- cash bonus — an extra amount of money given to someone for doing something good, over and above the amount that is normally paid for that achievement
- cash in on — to get profit or profitable use from
- cash limit — a limit imposed as a method of curtailing overall expenditure without specifying the precise means of budgetary control
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- cash offer — a public equity issue sold to everyone who is interested in it
- cash price — discount
- cash prize — a prize in a competition that takes the form of money
- cash ratio — the ratio of cash on hand to total deposits that by law or custom commercial banks must maintain
- cash terms — the terms of a business transaction that is conducted in ready money
- cash value — the nonforfeiture value of a life-insurance policy payable to the insured in cash upon its surrender.
- cashdrawer — a drawer, as in a cash register, that has separate compartments for coins and bills of different denominations.
- cashew nut — edible nut
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cashpoints — Plural form of cashpoint.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
- catananche — any of the hardy perennial genus Catananche, from S Europe; some, esp C. caerulea, are grown for their blue-and-white flowers that can be dried as winter decoration: family Asteraceae
- cataphasia — a speech disorder in which a person constantly repeats a word or phrase.
- cataphasis — Rhetoric. the use of affirmative statements to discuss a subject; affirmation through positive statements.
- cataphatic — (theology) Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than (apophatic) in terms of what God is not.
- cataphonic — catacoustic or of or relating to cataphonics
- cataphoric — the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.
- cataphract — a defensive armour, often made of link mail, used for the entire body
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catch cold — to become ill with a cold
- catch crop — a quick-growing crop planted between two regular crops grown in consecutive seasons, or between two rows of regular crops in the same season
- catch fire — to ignite
- catch hell — to receive a severe scolding, punishment, etc.
- catch-colt — the offspring of a mare bred accidentally.
- catch-cord — a cord or wire located near a selvage, used to form a loop or deflect the filling yarn not intended to be woven permanently in with the regular selvage.
- catch-ups' — an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.