10-letter words containing c, o, a, h, e, s
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- outmatches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outmatch.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- pack-horse — a horse used for carrying goods, freight, supplies, etc.
- peacockish — the male of the peafowl distinguished by its long, erectile, greenish, iridescent tail coverts that are brilliantly marked with ocellated spots and that can be spread in a fan.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- race-horse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- racehorses — Plural form of racehorse.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- saccharose — sucrose.
- samothrace — a Greek island in the NE Aegean.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- scherzando — (a musical direction) playful; sportive.
- schongauer — Martin [mahr-tn;; German mahr-teen] /ˈmɑr tn;; German ˈmɑr tin/ (Show IPA), c1430–91, German engraver and painter.
- school age — the age set by law for children to start school attendance.
- schoolmate — a companion or associate at school.
- scrollhead — billethead.
- sea anchor — any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
- search dog — a dog trained to assist rescue workers in finding people buried under rubble by detection by smell
- search out — hunt for, seek
- secondhand — not directly known or experienced; obtained from others or from books: Most of our knowledge is secondhand.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- shackleton — Sir Ernest Henry, 1874–1922, English explorer of the Antarctic.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- shock wave — a region of abrupt change of pressure and density moving as a wave front at or above the velocity of sound, caused by an intense explosion or supersonic flow over a body.
- shoe cream — cream for polishing shoes
- shore crab — any of numerous crabs that live along the shoreline between the tidemarks, as Hemigrapsus nudus (purple shore crab) of the Pacific coast of North America.
- show-place — an estate, mansion, or the like, usually open to the public, renowned for its beauty, excellent design and workmanship, historical interest, etc.
- shower cap — a plastic cap worn in the shower to keep the hair dry
- sophoclean — 495?–406? b.c, Greek dramatist.
- space shoe — a custom shoe molded to the contours of the wearer's foot
- space shot — the launch of a spacecraft and its subsequent flight in space
- stagecoach — a horse-drawn coach that formerly traveled regularly over a fixed route with passengers, parcels, etc.
- supermacho — extremely macho
- teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
- tophaceous — a calcareous concretion formed in the soft tissue about a joint, in the pinna of the ear, etc., especially in gout; a gouty deposit.
- touch base — make contact
- track shoe — a light, heelless, usually leather shoe having either steel spikes for use outdoors on a cinder or dirt track, or a rubber sole for use indoors on a board floor.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- whitecoats — Plural form of whitecoat.
- wholescale — Wholesale (extensive).
- wordsearch — a puzzle made up of letters arranged in a grid which contains a number of hidden words running in various directions