10-letter words containing h, p, a
- cheapjacks — Plural form of cheapjack.
- cheapskate — If you say that someone is a cheapskate, you think that they are mean and do not like spending money.
- chesapeake — city in SE Va., at the base of Chesapeake Bay: pop. 199,000
- chest pass — a pass in which the ball is quickly propelled from the chest by the hands and arms.
- chimpanzee — A chimpanzee is a kind of small African ape.
- chin strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chin-strap — a strap attached to a hat for passing under the chin of the wearer.
- chinagraph — a coloured pencil used for writing on china, glass, etc
- chinquapin — a dwarf chestnut tree, Castanea pumila, of the eastern US, yielding edible nuts
- chinstraps — Plural form of chinstrap.
- chip wagon — a small van in which chips are cooked and sold
- chip-based — (of electronic equipment or components) using or incorporating microchips
- chirograph — an indenture
- chopfallen — chapfallen
- chorograph — An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- 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.
- cibophobia — The fear of, or aversion to, eating or food.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- cladophyll — a green, flattened branch arising from the axil of a leaf, with the shape and functions of a foliage leaf
- 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.
- coach park — an area reserved for parking coaches
- coach trip — any tour, journey, or voyage made by bus
- cochampion — a joint champion
- cold-patch — to apply a cold patch to.
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- collophane — a massive, cryptocrystalline variety of apatite that is the principal component of phosphate rock and fossil bone.
- copenhagen — the capital of Denmark, a port on Zealand and the Amager Islands on a site inhabited for some 6000 years: exports chiefly agricultural products; iron and steel works; university (1479). Pop: 501 664 (2004 est)
- copperhead — a venomous reddish-brown snake, Agkistrodon contortrix, of the eastern US: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- crapshoots — Plural form of crapshoot.
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- crepe hair — artificial hair, usually plaited and made of wool or vegetable fibre, used in theatrical make-up
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cycle path — A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cytopathic — of or relating to cytopathy
- dall sheep — a wild sheep (Ovis dalli) with white hair and long spiral horns, living in the mountains of NW North America
- dauphiness — dauphine.
- dauphinois — (of potatoes or other vegetables) sliced and cooked in milk, typically with a topping of cheese.