10-letter words containing h, a, r
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chupacabra — An animal said to exist in parts of Latin America, where it supposedly attacks animals, especially goats.
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
- churnalism — a type of journalism that relies on reusing existing material such as press releases and wire service reports instead of original research, esp as a result of an increased demand for news content
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cimeliarch — a room for keeping the valuables of a church.
- clairseach — an ancient Irish and Scottish harp.
- clathrates — Plural form of clathrate.
- 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.
- clawhammer — denoting a style of plucking the strings of a banjo in which the hand forms a clawlike shape
- 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.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- club chair — a large, heavily upholstered armchair, usually with a low back
- coach park — an area reserved for parking coaches
- coach trip — any tour, journey, or voyage made by bus
- coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- coatsworth — Elizabeth, 1893–1986, U.S. writer, especially of children's books.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- cockchafer — any of various Old World scarabaeid beetles, esp Melolontha melolontha of Europe, whose larvae feed on crops and grasses
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- contrahent — entering into an agreement or contract
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- corinthian — of, characteristic of, or relating to Corinth
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- cornstarch — Cornstarch is the same as cornflour.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cost-share — to share the cost of: to cost-share a joint venture.
- 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.
- court hand — a style of handwriting formerly used in English law courts
- cowcatcher — a metal frame on the front of a locomotive to clear the track of animals or other obstructions
- crackheads — Plural form of crackhead.
- crackhouse — a place where cocaine in the form of crack is bought, sold, and smoked.