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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.
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