10-letter words containing i, h, r
- camelshair — (attributive) The hair of a camel, used for paintbrushes etc.
- camp chair — a lightweight folding chair
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- campership — financial aid given to a needy youngster to attend summer camp.
- cane chair — a chair, the back and seat of which are made of interlaced strips of cane.
- carchemish — an ancient city in Syria on the Euphrates, lying on major trade routes; site of a victory of the Babylonians over the Egyptians (605 bc)
- careership — An approach to career-related decision-making, combining rationality, interactions with others, and responses to sometimes unpredictable events.
- cargo ship — a ship carrying cargo
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- carmichael — Hoaglund Howard (ˈhəʊɡlənd), known as Hoagy. 1899–1981, US pianist, singer, and composer of such standards as "Star Dust" (1929)
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- carthusian — a member of an austere monastic order founded by Saint Bruno in 1084 near Grenoble, France
- cartoonish — like a cartoon, esp in being one-dimensional, brightly coloured, or exaggerated
- cartophile — a cartophilist
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- cartwright — a person who makes carts
- cash price — discount
- cash prize — a prize in a competition that takes the form of money
- cash ratio — the ratio of cash on hand to total deposits that by law or custom commercial banks must maintain
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- cat-harpin — any of a number of short ropes or rods for gathering in shrouds near their tops.
- cataphoric — the use of a word or phrase to refer to a following word or group of words, as the use of the phrase as follows.
- catarrhine — (of apes and Old World monkeys) having the nostrils set close together and opening to the front of the face
- catch fire — to ignite
- catechizer — One who catechizes.
- cathartics — Plural form of cathartic.
- catwhisker — a sharply pointed, flexible wire used to make contact with a specific point on a semiconductor or a crystal detector
- censorship — Censorship is the censoring of books, plays, films, or reports, especially by government officials, because they are considered immoral or secret in some way.
- chaffering — Present participle of chaffer.
- chagrining — Present participle of chagrin.
- chagrinned — a feeling of vexation, marked by disappointment or humiliation.
- chain fern — any of several ferns of the genus Woodwardia, having a chainlike row of sori on either side of the midrib of each fertile leaflet.
- chain gear — a gear assembly in which motion is transmitted by means of a chain.
- chain rule — a theorem that may be used in the differentiation of the function of a function. It states that du/dx = (du/dy)(dy/dx), where y is a function of x and u a function of y
- chain-work — any decorative product, handiwork, etc., in which parts are looped or woven together, like the links of a chain.
- chainbrake — a device for cutting off the power to a chainsaw if the saw kicks back
- chair lift — A chair lift is a line of chairs that hang from a moving cable and carry people up and down a mountain or ski slope.
- chair rail — a molding on an interior wall for preventing the backs of chairs from rubbing against plaster.
- chairborne — having an administrative or desk job rather than a more active one
- chairbound — unable to walk; dependent on a wheelchair for mobility
- chairlifts — Plural form of chairlift.
- chairwoman — The chairwoman of a meeting, committee, or organization is the woman in charge of it.
- chairwomen — Plural form of chairwoman.
- chambering — a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
- chamberlin — ˈThomas Chrowder (ˈkraʊdər ) ; krouˈdər) 1843-1928; U.S. geologist
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- chamfering — Present participle of chamfer.
- chanceries — Plural form of chancery.
- chancroids — Plural form of chancroid.
- chandelier — A chandelier is a large, decorative frame which holds light bulbs or candles and hangs from the ceiling.