10-letter words containing e, c, t, o, h
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- hip pocket — back pocket of trousers
- histiocyte — A stationary phagocytic cell present in connective tissue.
- holosteric — (of an instrument or device) wholly constructed of solids, without any liquids
- home match — a match played on a team's home ground
- homeotypic — of or relating to the second division in meiosis.
- homiletics — the art of preaching; the branch of practical theology that treats of homilies or sermons.
- homoerotic — a tendency to be sexually aroused by a member of the same sex.
- homoleptic — (chemistry) Describing an organometallic compound having a single type of ligand.
- homothetic — similar; similarly placed.
- hope chest — (especially formerly) a chest or the like in which a young woman collected clothing, linens, and other articles in anticipation of marriage.
- horsecloth — a cloth used to cover a horse, or as part of its trappings.
- hot corner — third base (def 2).
- hot ticket — an extremely popular or trendy person or thing; a person or thing in high demand.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- housecoats — Plural form of housecoat.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hycanthone — A particular schistosomicide, a metabolite of lucanthone.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hypertonic — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hypertoxic — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.
- hypoactive — Less than normally active.
- hypocenter — focus (def 5).
- hypocentre — (geology) The focus of an earthquake, directly under the epicentre.
- hypocretin — Either of the peptide hormones orexin.
- hypocrites — Plural form of hypocrite.
- hypometric — Smaller than normally measured.
- hypothecal — (microbiology, planktology) Of or pertaining to the hypotheca, the lower half of the shell of certain types of plankton.
- hypothetic — assumed by hypothesis; supposed: a hypothetical case.
- inchoately — not yet completed or fully developed; rudimentary.
- inchoative — inceptive.
- incoherent — without logical or meaningful connection; disjointed; rambling: an incoherent sentence.
- intershock — To shock mutually, as if by collision.
- isoplethic — Relating to isopleths.
- isothermic — occurring at constant temperature.
- jacobethan — noting or pertaining to the architecture of England at the beginning of the 17th century.
- kitchendom — the domain of the kitchen
- le duc tho — (Phan Dinh Khai) 1911–90, Vietnamese politician and statesman: declined 1973 Nobel Peace Prize.
- lectorship — a lecturer in a college or university.
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- leontovich — Eugenie Konstantin [kon-stuh n-teen] /ˈkɒn stənˌtin/ (Show IPA), 1900–1993, U.S. actress, director, and playwright, born in Russia.
- letchworth — a town in SE England, in N Hertfordshire: the first garden city in Great Britain (founded in 1903). Pop: 32 932 (2001)
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- lich stone — a large stone on which to rest a coffin momentarily at the entrance to a cemetery.
- lose touch — not keep in contact
- love match — a marriage entered into for love alone.
- lucanthone — A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- matchboxes — Plural form of matchbox.