10-letter words containing h, d
- chlamydial — of or relating to infections caused by bacteria of the genus Chlamydia
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- choke down — to swallow with difficulty
- choke-hold — a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind: The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
- chokeholds — Plural form of chokehold.
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chondritic — (geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite.
- chondritis — a swelling and tenderness of cartilage
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chopped-up — cut into pieces
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
- chow hound — a person who eats food in large quantities or with great gusto; glutton.
- chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- christhood — the state of being the Christ, the anointed one of God
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chrome red — any red pigment used in paints, consisting of a mixture of lead chromate and lead oxide; basic lead chromate
- chromidium — a length or particle of chromatin in cell cytoplasm
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chundering — vomit.
- chunderous — nauseating
- churchward — in the direction of the church
- churchyard — A churchyard is an area of land around a church where dead people are buried.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- 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.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- 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
- clothbound — (of a book) bound in stiff boards covered in cloth
- cnidophore — a part or organ bearing cnidoblasts.
- coachloads — Plural form of coachload.
- coauthored — one of two or more joint authors.
- cocked hat — A cocked hat is a hat with three corners that used to be worn with some uniforms.
- codeswitch — Alternative form of code-switch.
- cold light — light emitted at low temperatures from a source that is not incandescent, such as fluorescence, phosphorescence, bioluminescence, or triboluminescence
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of commend.
- commonhold — a form of property tenure in which each flat in a multi-occupancy building is individually wholly owned and common areas are jointly owned
- comprehend — If you cannot comprehend something, you cannot understand it.
- conchoidal — (of the fracture of minerals and rocks) having smooth shell-shaped convex and concave surfaces
- 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.
- coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm