10-letter words containing d, h, o
- championed — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chaperoned — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- chardonnet — (Louis Marie) Hilaire Bernigaud (ilɛr bɛrniɡo), Comte de. 1839–1924, French chemist and industrialist who produced rayon, the first artificial fibre
- chase down — If you chase someone down, you run after them or follow them quickly and catch them.
- chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
- cheesewood — the tough yellowish wood of Australian trees of the genus Pittosporum: family Pittosporaceae
- chelmsford — a city in SE England, administrative centre of Essex: electronics, retail; university (1992). Pop: 99 962 (2001)
- chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
- chest cold — a cold mainly affecting the chest
- chiffonade — finely shredded leaf vegetables used as a base for a dish or as a garnish
- child lock — a lock, such as one on a door or window, designed to keep children safe
- childhoods — Plural form of childhood.
- childproof — Something that is childproof is designed in a way which ensures that children cannot harm it or be harmed by it.
- chilomonad — any of the colorless protozoalike algae of the genus Chilomonas (phylum Cryptophyta), chiefly saprozoic flagellates found in fresh waters that have become stagnant: popular in laboratory studies.
- chionodoxa — any plant of the liliaceous genus Chionodoxa, of S Europe and W Asia
- chironomid — a member of the Chironomidae, a family of nonbiting midges
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- choke-hold — a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind: The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
- chokeholds — Plural form of chokehold.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chopped-up — cut into pieces
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
- chow hound — a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- christhood — the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chrome red — any red pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of lead chromate and lead oxide; basic lead chromate
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chunderous — nauseating
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coachloads — Plural form of coachload.