10-letter words containing c, o, p, e, r, h
- exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
- french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- 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.
- 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.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- hop clover — a trefoil, Trifolium campestre, having withered, yellow flowers that resemble the strobiles of a hop.
- hop-picker — a person employed or a machine used to pick hops
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- horoscopes — Plural form of horoscope.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hyperbolic — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- 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.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrisie — Obsolete form of hypocrisy.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypodermic — characterized by the introduction of medicine or drugs under the skin: hypodermic injection.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leech rope — a boltrope along a leech.
- lipochrome — any of the naturally occurring pigments that contain a lipid, as carotene.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- microphone — an instrument capable of transforming sound waves into changes in electric currents or voltage, used in recording or transmitting sound.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- morphemics — the study of the classification, description, and functions of morphemes; morphology.
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.