10-letter words containing e, h, r
- crocheting — Present participle of crochet.
- crosscheck — to verify (a fact, report, etc) by considering conflicting opinions or consulting other sources
- crotcheted — short-tempered
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- crunchtime — the tense, critical phase of an activity
- crush zone — The crush zone is the part of a vehicle's bodywork that is designed to absorb the energy in a crash, reducing the amount that is felt by passengers inside the vehicle.
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- ctenophore — any marine invertebrate of the phylum Ctenophora, including the sea gooseberry and Venus's-girdle, whose body bears eight rows of fused cilia, for locomotion
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cycle hire — a business which rents out bikes to tourists, travellers, etc
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- cyphertext — (language) An interactive language for text formatting and typesetting.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- cytochrome — any of a group of naturally occurring compounds, consisting of iron, a protein, and a porphyrin, that are important in cell oxidation-reduction reactions
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- dairy herd — a herd of cows producing milk
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
- dead march — a piece of solemn funeral music played to accompany a procession, esp at military funerals
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- 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.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- debtholder — (finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
- decadrachm — a silver coin of ancient Greece equal to 10 drachmas.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces
- deciphered — to make out the meaning of (poor or partially obliterated writing, etc.): to decipher a hastily scribbled note.
- decipherer — A person who deciphers.
- deck chair — A deck chair is a simple chair with a folding frame, and a piece of canvas as the seat and back. Deck chairs are usually used on the beach, on a ship, or in the yard.
- deckchairs — Plural form of deckchair.
- 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.
- deerhounds — Plural form of deerhound.
- 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.
- deinothere — a member of the genus Deinotherium
- delighters — a high degree of pleasure or enjoyment; joy; rapture: She takes great delight in her job.
- delivereth — Archaic third-person singular form of deliver.
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.