10-letter words containing c, o, a, n, h, r
- gran chaco — an extensive subtropical region in central South America, in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay. 300,000 sq. mi. (777,000 sq. km).
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
- halocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing carbon, one or more halogens, and sometimes hydrogen.
- handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
- hard-knock — beset with hardship.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
- harmonicon — harmonica (def 1).
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
- homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- honor card — honor (def 11).
- horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- iconograph — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- inharmonic — not harmonic; dissonant.
- isochronal — equal or uniform in time.
- jonah crab — a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- long march — the 6000-mile (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist Party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934–35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.
- machinator — One who machinates, or forms a scheme with evil designs; a plotter or artful schemer.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- man orchid — an orchid, Aceras anthropophorum, having greenish or reddish flowers in a loose spike, with a deeply lobed dark brown lip thought to resemble the silhouette of a man
- maraschino — a sweet cordial or liqueur distilled from marascas.
- monarchial — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a monarch: monarchal pomp.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchism — the principles of monarchy.
- monarchist — the principles of monarchy.
- monarchize — to carry out the duties or functions of a monarch
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- morphactin — any of various synthetic compounds, derived from fluorine and carboxylic acid, that regulate the growth and development of plants.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- noctograph — a frame used to aid the blind in writing.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- non-breach — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- ochratoxin — a toxin produced by Aspergillus ochraceus and several other molds that commonly contaminate cereal grains: causes intestinal inflammation and kidney and liver degeneration when ingested by animals.
- octachoron — (mathematics) A four-dimensional object equivalent to a cube, constructed out of sixteen cubes.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- orcharding — the cultivation of orchards
- orchardman — A man who owns or tends an orchard.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia