10-letter words containing e, c, h, o
- phlegmonic — relating to or having the characteristics of a phlegmon
- phocomelia — a usually congenital deformity of the extremities in which the limbs are abnormally short.
- phoenician — a native or inhabitant of Phoenicia.
- phone call — telephone call
- phone card — calling card (def 3).
- phone-jack — to steal the mobile phone from (a person)
- phonematic — phonemic.
- phonetical — Also, phonetical. of or relating to speech sounds, their production, or their transcription in written symbols.
- phonoscope — an instrument for making visible the motions or properties of a sounding body.
- photocells — a solid-state device that converts light into electrical energy by producing a voltage, as in a photovoltaic cell, or uses light to regulate the flow of current, as in a photoconductive cell: used in automatic control systems for doors, lighting, etc.
- photogenic — forming an attractive subject for photography or having features that look well in a photograph: a photogenic face.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- pichiciego — any of several small armadillos of the genera Chalmyphorus and Burmeisteria, of southern South America.
- pick holes — If you pick holes in an argument or theory, you find weak points in it so that it is no longer valid.
- pitch cone — (in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane) a cylinder (pitch cylinder) or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
- pitchstone — a glassy volcanic rock having a resinous luster and resembling hardened pitch.
- pleochroic — (of a biaxial crystal) characterized by pleochroism.
- poachiness — the state of being poachy
- poke check — an attempt to deprive an opponent of the puck by pushing it away with one's stick. Compare check1 (def 37).
- 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
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- ponchielli — Amilcare [ah-meel-kah-re] /ɑˈmil kɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1834–86, Italian composer.
- poop chute — anus or rectum
- pot cheese — cottage cheese.
- pre-school — Pre-school is used to describe things relating to the care and education of children before they reach the age when they have to go to school.
- princehood — the office or rank of a prince
- pro-choice — supporting or advocating legalized abortion.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- pyrochlore — a mineral, chiefly composed of niobates of the cerium metals, occurring in syenites in the form of brown crystals.
- pyrotechny — the art of making fireworks
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- quebrachos — Plural form of quebracho.
- race-horse — a horse bred or kept for racing, especially in flat races or steeplechases.
- racehorses — Plural form of racehorse.
- reapproach — to come near or nearer to: The cars slowed down as they approached the intersection.
- reproached — to find fault with (a person, group, etc.); blame; censure.
- retrochoir — that part of a church behind the choir or the main altar.
- rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
- rhizogenic — producing roots, as certain cells.
- rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
- richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.