10-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- chelonians — Plural form of chelonian.
- chest cold — a cold mainly affecting the chest
- chloralose — an anaesthetic and sedative composed of chloral and glucose, also used as a preparation to kill birds and rodents
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chlorodyne — a drug, containing chloroform among other ingredients, with sedative, narcotic and pain-relieving properties
- chocolates — Plural form of chocolate.
- chocolatey — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- choiceless — an act or instance of choosing; selection: Her choice of a computer was made after months of research. His parents were not happy with his choice of friends.
- choke coil — an inductor used to limit or suppress alternating current without stopping direct current
- choke-full — chock-full.
- 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.
- cholagogue — a drug or other substance that promotes the flow of bile from the gall bladder into the duodenum
- cholecysts — Plural form of cholecyst.
- chondrules — Plural form of chondrule.
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- choreology — the method of writing down the signs and characters that indicate movements in dance
- choropleth — a symbol or marked and bounded area on a map denoting the distribution of some property
- chronicled — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicler — a chronological record of events; a history.
- chronicles — either of two historical books (I and II Chronicles) of the Old Testament
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysolite — a yellowish-green gem derived chiefly from varieties of olivine
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chuckholes — Plural form of chuckhole.
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- clomiphene — a drug that stimulates the production of egg cells in the ovary: used to treat infertility in women
- close shot — closeup (def 2).
- close with — to engage in battle with an enemy
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- cloth-like — resembling cloth
- clothespin — A clothespin is the same as a clothes peg.
- club-house — a building or room occupied by a club.
- clubhouses — Plural form of clubhouse.
- co-channel — denoting or relating to a radio transmission that is on the same frequency channel as another
- coal chute — an inclined channel or vertical passage down which coal may be dropped
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- coelacanth — a primitive marine bony fish of the genus Latimeria (subclass Crossopterygii), having fleshy limblike pectoral fins and occurring off the coast of E Africa: thought to be extinct until a living specimen was discovered in 1938
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)