10-letter words containing c, y, t, o, h
- notch baby — a person who was born in the U.S. between 1917 and 1921 and as a retiree received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- orchectomy — orchiectomy.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phenocryst — any of the conspicuous crystals in a porphyritic rock.
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- phytotoxic — of or relating to phytotoxin.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- psychopath — a person with a psychopathic personality, which manifests as amoral and antisocial behavior, lack of ability to love or establish meaningful personal relationships, extreme egocentricity, failure to learn from experience, etc.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- scatophagy — the act of eating dung or excrement
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- stichology — metrical theory or the science of poetic metres
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- theotechny — the introduction of a divine force or being into a piece of literature, often used to bring resolution to a situation
- thiocyanic — of, from, or relating to a sulphacid (or liquid acid HSCN) having a strong odour but no colour
- thymectomy — surgical removal of the thymus gland.
- thyrotoxic — of or relating to a condition caused by excessive thyroid hormone in the system, usually resulting from overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- torch lily — tritoma.
- touch-type — to type by means of the touch system.
- trichocyst — an organ of offense and defense embedded in the outer cytoplasm of certain protozoans, consisting of a small elongated sac containing a fine, hairlike filament capable of being ejected.
- trichogyne — a hairlike prolongation of a carpogonium, serving as a receptive organ for the spermatium.
- trichology — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- trichotomy — division into three parts, classes, categories, etc.
- typhaceous — belonging to the family of flowering plants Typhaceae
- typhogenic — producing typhus or typhoid fever.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- youth club — A youth club is a club where young people can go to meet each other and take part in various leisure activities. Youth clubs are often run by a church or local authority.
- yucca moth — any of several white moths of the genus Tegeticula that pollinate the yucca plant, the larvae of which develop in the ovary of the plant, consuming some of the seeds.