10-letter words containing h, a, r
- crankshaft — A crankshaft is the main shaft of an internal combustion engine.
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crash boat — a small, fast boat used in rescue operations, especially for airplane crashes.
- crash cart — a movable cart or similar conveyance carrying supplies and equipment for the management of medical emergencies.
- crash diet — a strict diet which is intended to produce drastic results in a relatively short period
- crash dive — a sudden steep dive from the surface by a submarine
- crash site — the place where a crash occurred
- crash team — a medical team with special equipment able to be mobilized quickly to treat cardiac arrest
- crash test — the act of crashing a vehicle under controlled conditions in order to assess its safety for passengers
- crash-dive — a rapid dive by a submarine made at a steep angle, especially to avoid attack from a surface vessel or airplane.
- crash-land — If a pilot crash-lands an aircraft, or if it crash-lands, it lands more quickly and less safely than usual, for example when there is something wrong with the aircraft, and it cannot land normally.
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- crawfished — Simple past tense and past participle of crawfish.
- crepe hair — artificial hair, usually plaited and made of wool or vegetable fibre, used in theatrical make-up
- crib death — Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep, although the baby had not previously been ill.
- crithidial — relating to a developmental stage in protozoan parasites of the trypanosome group, now more commonly referred to as the epimastigote stage
- 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.
- crosshatch — to shade or hatch (forms, figures, etc) with two or more sets of parallel lines that cross one another
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- cruikshank — George. 1792–1878, English illustrator and caricaturist
- crunchable — That can be crunched.
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cut-throat — If you describe a situation as cut-throat, you mean that the people or companies involved all want success and do not care if they harm each other in getting it.
- cutthroats — Plural form of cutthroat.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- czarevitch — the eldest son of a czar of Russia
- dairy herd — a herd of cows producing milk
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dark horse — If you describe someone as a dark horse, you mean that people know very little about them, although they may have recently had success or may be about to have success.
- dashboards — Plural form of dashboard.
- daughterly — of, like, or proper to a daughter
- dawn horse — eohippus.
- dead horse — something that has ceased to be useful or relevant.
- dead march — a piece of solemn funeral music played to accompany a procession, esp at military funerals
- dealership — A dealership is a company that sells cars, usually for one car company.
- death care — the products, services, and arrangements having to do with funerals and burials.
- death rate — The death rate is the number of people per thousand who die in a particular area during a particular period of time.
- death roll — a list of the people killed in a war or disaster
- death star — ["Star Wars" film] 1. The AT&T corporate logo, which appears on computers sold by AT&T and bears an uncanny resemblance to the Death Star in the movie. This usage is particularly common among partisans of BSD Unix, who tend to regard the AT&T versions as inferior and AT&T as a bad guy. Copies still circulate of a poster printed by Mt. Xinu showing a starscape with a space fighter labelled 4.2BSD streaking away from a broken AT&T logo wreathed in flames. 2. AT&T's internal magazine, "Focus", uses "death star" to describe an incorrectly done AT&T logo in which the inner circle in the top left is dark instead of light - a frequent result of dark-on-light logo images.
- death trap — If you say that a place or vehicle is a death trap, you mean it is in such bad condition that it might cause someone's death.
- deathtraps — Plural form of deathtrap.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- decadrachm — a silver coin of ancient Greece equal to 10 drachmas.
- decahedron — a solid figure having ten plane faces