10-letter words containing h, o, l, e
- colchicine — a pale-yellow crystalline alkaloid extracted from seeds or corms of the autumn crocus. It is used in the treatment of gout and to create polyploid plants by inhibiting chromosome separation during meiosis. Formula: C22H25NO6
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- collophore — a ventral tubelike structure on the abdomen of a springtail.
- compelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel.
- conchiglie — pasta in the form of shells
- cone shell — any of various tropical marine gastropod molluscs of the genus Conus and related genera, having a smooth conical shell
- coolheaded — not easily flustered; calm
- coolie hat — a wide, conical straw hat worn especially as a shield against the sun.
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- cyclohexyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cyclothyme — a person suffering from cyclothymia
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- death blow — If you say that an event or action deals a death blow to something such as a plan or hope, or is a death blow to something, you mean that it puts an end to it.
- death roll — a list of the people killed in a war or disaster
- death toll — The death toll of an accident, disaster, or war is the number of people who die in it.
- deathblows — Plural form of deathblow.
- debtholder — (finance) An owner of a financial obligation of another party.
- decathlons — Plural form of decathlon.
- delphinoid — a member of the genus Delphinoidea, of which dolphins and porpoises are members
- demolished — to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
- demolisher — One who demolishes.
- demolishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of demolish.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- deschooled — Simple past tense and past participle of deschool.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- diarrhoeal — Standard spelling of diarrheal.
- dichloride — a compound in which two atoms of chlorine are combined with another atom or group
- dichlorine — (chemistry, in combination) Two atoms of chlorine in a molecule.
- dienophile — (organic chemistry) A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
- diothelete — a believer in diothelism
- diothelism — the doctrine that Christ on earth had two wills, human and divine
- diothelite — a believer in the doctrine of ditheletism
- diplophase — the diploid part of an organism's life cycle.
- discophile — a person who studies and collects phonograph records, especially those of a rare or specialized nature.
- dish towel — cloth: for drying dishes
- dishtowels — Plural form of dishtowel.
- dollhouses — Plural form of dollhouse.
- dome light — a small light under the roof of an automobile or boat.
- doorhandle — A door handle.
- doughbelly — stoneroller (def 1).
- downhiller — a skier who competes in downhill races, especially in the downhill.
- dual-homed — (networking) A kind of connection to a FDDI network where a host is simultaneously connected to two separate devices in the same FDDI ring. One of the connections becomes active while the other one is automatically blocked. If the first connection fails, the backup link takes over with no perceptible delay. A dual-homed device can tolerate a fault in one of its "homes" whereas a dual-attached device can tolerate a fault in one of the rings.
- dyothelete — a person who subscribes to the teaching that Christ had both a human and a divine will
- echeloning — Present participle of echelon.
- echo plate — (in sound recording or broadcasting) an electromechanical device for producing echo and reverberation effects