10-letter words containing c, o, r, a
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- 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.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- historical — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- homocercal — having an equally divided tail, characteristic of adult modern bony fishes.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- horse clam — gaper.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse-race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horseraces — Plural form of horserace.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydra code — (humour, programming) Code that cannot be fixed because each time a bug is remove, two new bugs grow in its place. Named after the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
- hydrocoral — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrocrack — to crack (petroleum or the like) in the presence of hydrogen.
- hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hygrochasy — the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- 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
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hystorical — Nonstandard spelling of historical.
- iatrogenic — (of a medical disorder) caused by the diagnosis, manner, or treatment of a physician.
- 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.
- iconolatry — the worship or adoration of icons.
- ideogramic — Alt form ideogrammic.
- idiocratic — idiosyncrasy.
- idiot card — cue card.
- ignorances — the state or fact of being ignorant; lack of knowledge, learning, information, etc.
- imbroccata — a downward pass or thrust
- immoderacy — immoderation.