10-letter words containing e, r, c, h
- heartaches — Plural form of heartache.
- heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- hebraistic — of or relating to Hebraists or characterized by Hebraism or Hebraisms.
- hectograms — Plural form of hectogram.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectometer — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectometre — a unit of length equal to 100 meters, or 328.08 feet. Abbreviation: hm.
- hectorship — the quality or character of a hector
- hectostere — a unit of capacity equal to 100 steres, or 131 cubic yards.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- hemachrome — Alternative form of haemachrome.
- hematocrit — a centrifuge for separating the cells of the blood from the plasma.
- hemicrania — pain in one side of the head.
- hemochrome — the red coloring matter of the blood.
- henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- heraclidae — a drama (429? b.c.) by Euripides.
- heraclitus — ("the Obscure") c540–c470 b.c, Greek philosopher.
- herbaceous — of, relating to, or characteristic of an herb; herblike.
- herbicidal — Of, or relating to herbicides.
- herbicides — Plural form of herbicide.
- heresiarch — a leader in heresy; the leader of a heretical sect.
- heresimach — a person engaged in combating heresy and heretics.
- hereticate — to declare as heresy or as a heretic
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hermetical — made airtight by fusion or sealing.
- hermitical — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
- heroic age — one of the five periods in human history, when, according to Hesiod, gods and demigods performed heroic and glorious deeds.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicized — heroize.
- heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heroicomic — blending heroic and comic elements: a heroicomic poem.
- heterarchy — (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- heuristics — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexachords — Plural form of hexachord.
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
- hierarchal — a person who rules or has authority in sacred matters; high priest.
- hierarchic — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
- hieratical — Also, hieratical. of or relating to priests or the priesthood; sacerdotal; priestly.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- highjacker — a person who hijacks.
- hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.