10-letter words containing e, a, r, t, h
- chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
- cheap-rate — charged at a lower rate
- cheapernet — (networking) (Or "thinnet") A colloquial term for thin-wire Ethernet (10base2) that uses RG58 coaxial cable instead of the full-spec "Yellow Cable".
- chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- clathrates — Plural form of clathrate.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash team — a medical team with special equipment able to be mobilized quickly to treat cardiac arrest
- crash test — the act of crashing a vehicle under controlled conditions in order to assess its safety for passengers
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- death care — the products, services, and arrangements having to do with funerals and burials.
- death rate — The death rate is the number of people per thousand who die in a particular area during a particular period of time.
- death roll — a list of the people killed in a war or disaster
- death star — ["Star Wars" film] 1. The AT&T corporate logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star in the movie. This usage is particularly common among partisans of BSD Unix, who tend to regard the AT&T versions as inferior and AT&T as a bad guy. Copies still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape with a space fighter labelled 4.2BSD streaking away from a broken AT&T logo wreathed in flames. 2. AT&T's internal magazine, "Focus", uses "death star" to describe an incorrectly done AT&T logo in which the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light - a frequent result of dark-on-light logo images.
- death trap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a death trap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- deathtraps — Plural form of deathtrap.
- decreaseth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decrease.
- deepthroat — To perform fellatio or irrumation on a man so that his entire penis is inside the mouth.
- dehydrated — (of organisms) deprived of vital water or moisture
- dehydrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrate.
- dehydrator — a person or thing that dehydrates.
- den father — (in the Boy Scouts) a man who serves as an adult leader or supervisor of a cub scout den.
- dermatherm — an instrument for measuring skin temperature.
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- despatcher — Alternative form of dispatcher.
- diarrhetic — an intestinal disorder characterized by abnormal frequency and fluidity of fecal evacuations.
- diathermal — of or relating to diathermy
- diathermic — of or relating to diathermy
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- diphtheria — a febrile, infectious disease caused by the bacillus Corynebacterium diphtheriae, and characterized by the formation of a false membrane in the air passages, especially the throat.
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.