10-letter words containing l, o, r, c, h
- chorrillos — a city in W central Peru.
- chromophil — a cell that takes a stain easily
- 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
- chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- 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
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- ciliophora — a phylum of protozoa in the kingdom Protista, comprising the ciliates.
- 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.
- 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.
- clock-hour — a full 60-minute period, as of class instruction or therapeutic consultation. Compare hour (def 11).
- clodhopper — a clumsy person; lout
- cloth ears — a deaf person
- 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
- coalheaver — One who feeds coal into a furnace.
- cochlearia — Plural form of cochlearium.
- coherently — logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- colchester — a town in E England, in NE Essex; university (1964). Pop: 104 390 (2001)
- coleorhiza — a protective sheath around the radicle in grasses
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- collophore — a ventral tubelike structure on the abdomen of a springtail.
- colourwash — a coloured distemper
- 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.
- copyholder — one who reads aloud from the copy as the proof corrector follows the reading in the proof
- cornholing — to have anal intercourse with.
- couch roll — the roll on which a wet web is transferred from the paper machine to the couch.
- crosslight — a light source which illuminates a subject from a perpendicular angle to another light
- crotchless — (of a garment) having a hole cut so as to leave the genitals uncovered.
- crumbcloth — a cloth placed under a dining table to protect the carpet from crumbs and other material
- cryophilic — able to thrive at low temperatures
- cup-holder — a device for holding a cup upright, esp in a motor vehicle
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- deschooler — an advocate of deschooling
- 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.
- dichlorvos — an organophosphate insecticide used to control garden and household pests and to treat worm infections
- dolichurus — a dactylic hexameter characterized by a redundant syllable at the end
- drop cloth — a sheet of cloth, paper, plastic, or the like laid over furniture and floors for protection while a room is being painted or laid over shrubbery while the exterior of a house is being painted.
- dropcloths — Plural form of dropcloth.
- euchlorine — an explosive gaseous mixture of chlorine and chlorine dioxide
- floorcloth — a cloth for washing or wiping floors.
- flow chart — Also called flow sheet. a detailed diagram or chart of the operations and equipment through which material passes, as in a manufacturing process.
- flowcharts — Plural form of flowchart.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- fly orchid — a European orchid, Ophrys insectifera, whose flowers resemble and attract certain wasps: found in wood margins and scrub on lime-rich soils
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste