10-letter words containing c, o, e, h, r
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- caecotroph — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and some rodents, a cake or pellet of food which is produced by means of digestion and expulsion through the anus.
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- canephoros — in ancient Greece, any of the maidens who carried on her head a basket holding the sacred things used at feasts
- cardholder — A cardholder is someone who has a bank card or credit card.
- cardphones — Plural form of cardphone.
- carpophore — the central column surrounded by carpels in such flowers as the geranium
- cart horse — A cart horse is a large, powerful horse that is used to pull carts or farm machinery.
- carthorses — Plural form of carthorse.
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartouches — Plural form of cartouche.
- cash offer — a public equity issue sold to everyone who is interested in it
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- chadderton — a town in NW England, in Oldham unitary authority, in Greater Manchester. Pop: 33 001 (2001)
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chancellor — Chancellor is the title of the head of government in Germany and Austria.
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- chaparejos — chaps1
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chaperones — Plural form of chaperone.
- chaperonin — A protein that aids the assembly and folding of other protein molecules in living cells.
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- charge off — to treat or regard as a loss
- charge-off — a write-off, especially of a bad loan by a bank.
- chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
- charioteer — In ancient times, a charioteer was a chariot driver.
- charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
- charlottes — Plural form of charlotte.
- charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
- charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
- chatterbot — chatbot
- chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- check over — a thorough examination or investigation.
- check-over — a thorough examination or investigation.
- checkrooms — Plural form of checkroom.
- cheffonier — A tall, elegant chest of drawers, often with a mirror attached.
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chernozems — Plural form of chernozem.
- cherry-bob — a pair of cherries joined at the end of their stems.