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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.
  • coatsworthElizabeth, 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.
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