10-letter words containing h, a, c, i, o
- cibophobia — The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- clavichord — A clavichord is a musical instrument rather like a small piano. When you press the keys, small pieces of metal come up and hit the strings. Clavichords were especially popular during the eighteenth century.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- coach trip — any tour, journey, or voyage made by bus
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochampion — a joint champion
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- cohabitant — a person living together with another or others
- cohabitate — cohabit.
- cohabiting — to live together as if married, usually without legal or religious sanction.
- cohobating — Present participle of cohobate.
- cohobation — (dated, chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- containeth — Archaic third-person singular form of contain.
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cotehardie — (in the Middle Ages) a close-fitting outer garment with long sleeves, hip-length for men and full-length for women, often laced or buttoned down the front or back.
- cross hair — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- crosshairs — Also called cross wire. one of the fine wires or fibers, strands of spider web, or the like, crossing in a focal plane of an optical instrument to center a target or object or to define a line of sight.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cytopathic — of or relating to cytopathy
- deaconship — (in hierarchical churches) a member of the clerical order next below that of a priest.
- diachronic — of, relating to, or studying the development of a phenomenon through time; historical
- diaphonics — The doctrine of refracted sound; diacoustics.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dictaphone — a tape recorder designed for recording dictation and later reproducing it for typing
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
- dochmiacal — of or relating to dochmiac verse
- door chain — a short chain with a removable slide fitting that can be attached between the inside of a door and the doorjamb to prevent the door from being opened more than a few inches without the chain being removed.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- endothecia — Plural form of endothecium.
- enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
- escharotic — Capable of producing an eschar.
- euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
- euphonical — (archaic) euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- fianchetto — the development of a bishop, in an opening move, by advancing one or two pawns so as to permit movement along the bishop's diagonal.
- food chain — hierarchy of organisms
- foodaholic — a person having an excessive, often uncontrollable craving for food.
- franchisor — Also, franchisor [fran-chahy-zer, fran-chuh-zawr] /ˈfræn tʃaɪ zər, ˌfræn tʃəˈzɔr/ (Show IPA). a person or company that grants a franchise.