10-letter words containing c, l, t
- half-track — a caterpillar tread that runs over and under the rear or driving wheels of a vehicle but is not connected with the forward wheels: used especially on military vehicles.
- halieutics — (literature) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing.
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
- haptically — By means of touch.
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hatchelled — Simple past tense and past participle of hatchel.
- hatchlings — Plural form of hatchling.
- healthcare — the field concerned with the maintenance or restoration of the health of the body or mind.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- hectokilo- — one hundred thousand; the factor 105
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- 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.
- helictites — Plural form of helictite.
- helminthic — of, relating to, or caused by helminths.
- hematocele — hemorrhage into a cavity, as the cavity surrounding the testis.
- hemiacetal — any of the class of organic chemical compounds having the general formula RCH(OH)OR, where R is an organic group.
- 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.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- hexactinal — having six spicules
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- histologic — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- hold court — Law. a place where justice is administered. a judicial tribunal duly constituted for the hearing and determination of cases. a session of a judicial assembly.
- holocausts — Plural form of holocaust.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- holotropic — Oriented or moving towards wholeness.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- hut circle — a circle of earth or stones representing the site of a prehistoric hut
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hylotropic — (of a substance) capable of undergoing a change in phase, as from a liquid to a gas, with no change in the original proportions of its constituents.
- hypocotyls — Plural form of hypocotyl.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hysterical — of, relating to, or characterized by hysteria.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- ichthammol — a viscous, reddish-brown to brownish-black substance, obtained by the destructive distillation of bituminous shales, used in medicine chiefly as an antiseptic, analgesic, and local stimulant in skin disorders.
- iconoclast — a person who attacks cherished beliefs, traditional institutions, etc., as being based on error or superstition.
- iconolatry — the worship or adoration of icons.
- idealistic — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
- idiolectal — Of or relating to an idiolect.
- idiolectic — Pertaining to an idiolect.