10-letter words containing c, i, r, h
- decipherer — A person who deciphers.
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diagraphic — descriptive; relating to illustration by drawing or graphics
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- dictagraph — Alt form dictograph.
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- diorthotic — involving or relating to the revision of a literary text
- direct hit — If a place suffers a direct hit, a bomb, bullet, or other missile that has been aimed at it lands exactly in that place, rather than some distance away.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- dischargee — a person who has been discharged, as from military service.
- discharger — Someone or something that discharges something, such as pollution or a firearm.
- discharges — Plural form of discharge.
- disencharm — To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant.
- disk crash — the failure of a disk storage system, usually resulting from the read-write head touching the moving disk surface and causing mechanical damage
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- ditchwater — water, especially stagnant and dirty water, that has collected in a ditch.
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.
- drag chain — one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
- dutch rise — an increase in wages that is of no benefit to the recipient
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- echeverria — Esteban [es-te-vahn] /ɛsˈtɛ vɑn/ (Show IPA), 1805–51, Argentine poet.
- echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- ecphractic — having the property of removing obstructions
- eightscore — one hundred and sixty
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- emphractic — medication that closes the pores of the skin
- enciphered — Simple past tense and past participle of encipher.