10-letter words containing c, r, o, s, h
- cornetfish — any of several slender fishes of the family Fistulariidae, of tropical seas, having an elongated snout and bony plates instead of scales.
- cornhusker — a person or machine that strips cornhusks from ears of maize
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cornstarch — Cornstarch is the same as cornflour.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cosherings — (in Ireland) visits to tenants' houses by a chief and his followers, where they would expect to be fed and accommodated
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- couch-surf — to stay overnight in someone’s else’s home while traveling: He couch-surfed at the houses of strangers and friends.
- countryish — similar to that which is typical of country music
- court shoe — Court shoes are women's shoes that do not cover the top part of the foot and are usually made of plain leather with no design.
- courthouse — A courthouse is a building in which a court of law meets.
- courtships — Plural form of courtship.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- criosphinx — a sphinx with the head of a ram instead of a human.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crossbirth — any abnormal labour in which the child is positioned across the uterus
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- crushproof — unable to be crushed or creased
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromism — the state of being dichromic
- doctorfish — a surgeonfish, especially Acanthurus chirurgus, of the West Indies, having a bluish body and black tail.
- doctorship — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- echo verse — a poem in which the words or syllables at the end of a line are repeated as a response in the next line, often for ironic purpose.
- ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
- ectotherms — Plural form of ectotherm.
- eightscore — one hundred and sixty
- encroaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encroach.
- escharotic — Capable of producing an eschar.