10-letter words containing c, o, h, i
- hootchinoo — hoochinoo.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hopsacking — bagging made chiefly of hemp and jute.
- horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
- horrifical — Of or pertaining to horror.
- hot switch — a rapid transfer from one point of origin to another during a broadcast.
- hot ticket — an extremely popular or trendy person or thing; a person or thing in high demand.
- housatonic — a river flowing S from NW Massachusetts through SW Connecticut to Long Island Sound near Stratford, Connecticut. 148 miles (240 km) long.
- house dick — house detective.
- humicolous — of or relating to organisms that live in or on soil.
- humoristic — a person who is skillful in the use of humor, as in writing, talking, or acting.
- hutchinson — Anne Marbury [mahr-buh-ree] /ˈmɑr bə ri/ (Show IPA), 1591–1643, American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydroiodic — (chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and iodine.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
- hydrosolic — of or relating to a hydrosol
- hydroxylic — (chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or containing hydroxyl groups.
- 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.
- hylozoical — characterized by the theory that all matter possesses life or that life is an essential property of matter
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperosmic — Of, pertaining to, or affected by hyperosmia.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnogenic — of or relating to the induction of sleep
- hypnogogic — Alternative spelling of hypnagogic.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypocapnia — (medicine) A state of reduced carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypocorism — a pet name.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypocritic — Synonym of hypocritical.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypoechoic — Of low echogenicity.
- hypolithic — growing beneath rocks.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypophonic — Relating to, or exhibiting, hypophonia.
- hypostatic — of or relating to a hypostasis; fundamental.
- hypotactic — dependent relation or construction, as of clauses; syntactic subordination.
- hypothetic — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- 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.
- ice hockey — a game played on ice between two teams of six skaters each, the object being to score goals by shooting a puck into the opponents' cage using a stick with a wooden blade set at an obtuse angle to the shaft.