10-letter words containing e, r, c, h
- architects — Plural form of architect.
- architrave — the lowest part of an entablature that bears on the columns
- archontate — an archon's period in office
- archpriest — (formerly) a chief assistant to a bishop, performing many of his sacerdotal functions during his absence
- arctophile — a person who collects teddy bears or is fond of them
- arithmetic — Arithmetic is the part of mathematics that is concerned with the addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of numbers.
- arms cache — a hidden store of weapons
- artichokes — Plural form of artichoke.
- aspherical — (of a reflecting surface or lens) deviating slightly from a perfectly spherical shape and relatively free from aberrations.
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- autarchies — Plural form of autarchy.
- autochrome — a material once used for color photography, consisting of a photographic emulsion applied over a multicolored screen of minute starch grains dyed red, green, and blue-violet.
- auxochrome — a group of atoms that can be attached to a chromogen to convert it into a dye
- bachelor's — a person who has been awarded a bachelor's degree.
- backhander — A backhander is an amount of money that is illegally paid to someone in a position of authority in order to encourage them to do something.
- backlasher — something or someone who produces a backlash
- backwasher — (textiles) A machine used for washing wool after carding to remove the impurities.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- beach berm — berm (def 3).
- beach crab — any of various crabs that live on beaches, as the ghost crab.
- beach-berm — Also, berme. Fortification. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat.
- beachfront — A beachfront house, café, shop, or hotel is situated on or by a beach.
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beam reach — an act or instance of reaching: to make a reach for a gun.
- bedchamber — A bedchamber is a bedroom.
- bee orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys apifera, whose flower resembles a bumble bee in shape and colour
- beech fern — a fern, Thelypteris phegopteris, that grows in damp N temperate woods and hills: family Polypodiaceae
- beechdrops — a North American flowering plant, Epifagus virginiana, which is parasitic on beech trees
- bench mark — a surveyor's mark made on a permanent landmark of known position and altitude: it is used as a reference point in determining other altitudes
- bench work — work done at a workbench, worktable, etc., as in a factory or laboratory.
- besmirched — to soil; tarnish; discolor.
- bewitchery — a bewitching power; charm
- bichloride — a binary compound containing two atoms of chlorine for each atom of another element; dichloride
- bichromate — dichromate
- biospheric — relating to the biosphere
- birch beer — a carbonated or fermented drink containing an extract from the bark of the birch tree.
- birthplace — Your birthplace is the place where you were born.
- blackheart — an abnormal darkening of the woody stems of some plants, thought to be caused by extreme cold
- boccherini — Luigi (luˈidʒi). 1743–1805, Italian composer and cellist
- bon marche — a bargain.
- box wrench — a wrench with a completely enclosed head, used to hold and turn nuts and bolts
- brachydome — a dome whose face is parallel to the brachydiagonal axis in a crystal
- branchiate — having gills.
- breechless — having no breeches or trousers; bare-bottomed
- brickearth — a clayey alluvium suitable for the making of bricks: specifically, such a deposit in southern England, yielding a fertile soil
- brockhouse — Bertram Neville, 1918–2003, Canadian physicist: Nobel Prize 1994.
- bronchiole — any of the smallest bronchial tubes, usually ending in alveoli
- bruschetta — Bruschetta is a slice of toasted bread which is brushed with olive oil and usually covered with chopped tomatoes.
- bunchberry — a dwarf variety of dogwood native to North America, Cornus canadensis, having red berries
- burchfield — Charles Ephraim, 1893–1967, U.S. painter.