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10-letter words containing h, a, c, i, o

  • rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
  • rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
  • richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
  • roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  • rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
  • saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
  • sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
  • sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
  • schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
  • schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
  • schizoidal — relating to a person with a schizoid personality disorder
  • scholastic — of or relating to schools, scholars, or education: scholastic attainments.
  • schooligan — a person of school age who engages in acts of public disorder
  • schoolmaid — a schoolgirl
  • semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
  • shopaholic — a frequent shopper, especially one who is unable to control his or her spending.
  • showcasing — a glass case for the display and protection of articles in shops, museums, etc.
  • shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
  • sociopathy — a person with a psychopathic personality whose behavior is antisocial, often criminal, and who lacks a sense of moral responsibility or social conscience.
  • stanchions — an upright bar, beam, post, or support, as in a window, stall, ship, etc.
  • sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
  • stochastic — of or relating to a process involving a randomly determined sequence of observations each of which is considered as a sample of one element from a probability distribution.
  • stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
  • tamagotchi — a handheld digital toy, consisting of a digital 'pet' that the owner looks after; very popular in the 1990s
  • teichopsia — a temporary visual impairment associated with migraine
  • thanatotic — an ancient Greek personification of death.
  • theocratic — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • theomantic — relating to theomancy or divination
  • theophanic — a manifestation or appearance of God or a god to a person.
  • thioacetic — of or derived from thioacetic acid.
  • thiocyanic — of, from, or relating to a sulphacid (or liquid acid HSCN) having a strong odour but no colour
  • thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
  • tiahuanaco — of or relating to a pre-Incan culture existing c300 b.c.–a.d. c900, chiefly in Peru and Bolivia, characterized by the use of megalithic masonry carved with geometric and animal designs, stone statues, polychrome pottery, and bronze artifacts.
  • tibouchina — a member of the genus Tibouchina, which includes 350 species of shrubs found in South America
  • timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
  • tocophobia — an abnormal fear of giving birth or becoming pregnant
  • tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
  • trichromat — any person with normal colour vision, who can therefore see the three primary colours
  • trochoidal — like, arranged or in the form of a trochoid, or belonging or relating to trochoids
  • unactorish — not resembling or characteristic of actors or acting
  • unharmonic — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • urographic — of or relating to urography
  • waistcloth — a loincloth.
  • white coal — Informal. water, as of a stream, used for power.
  • white coat — a white coat worn over everyday clothes by a doctor in a hospital or a scientist
  • whitecoats — Plural form of whitecoat.
  • workaholic — a person who works compulsively at the expense of other pursuits.
  • xiphopagic — making up or constituting a xiphopagus
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