10-letter words containing c, l, h, e, p
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- deathplace — the place at which a person dies: Lincoln is buried in Illinois, but his deathplace was Washington, D.C.
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects
- ecthlipsis — loss of a consonant, especially, in Latin, loss of a final m before a word beginning with a vowel or h.
- emphatical — Emphatic.
- encephalic — of or relating to the brain
- encephalo- — indicating the brain
- encephalon — The brain.
- encephalum — The brain of an insect.
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- felspathic — feldspathic.
- flypitcher — a person who has a flypitch
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- heelpieces — Plural form of heelpiece.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hemiplegic — paralysis of one side of the body.
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- hype cycle — a term coined by Gartner to refer to the five phases he considers a new technology or product to go through from its launch to its stabilization on the market
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- iconophile — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- leprechaun — a dwarf or sprite.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- mephitical — Alternative form of mephitic.
- mesophilic — (of bacteria) growing best at moderate temperatures, between 25°C and 40°C.
- necrophile — (sexuality) One who is subject to necrophilia.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- nephelinic — containing or resembling nepheline, pertaining to nepheline
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.