10-letter words containing m, o, h, a
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- choliambic — relating to or in the form of choliambs
- choliambus — a line of iambic meter with a spondee or trochee replacing the last foot.
- chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
- choriambus — choriamb.
- chroma key — an electronic special-effects system for combining a desired background with live foreground action.
- chromaffin — showing a brown colour when in the presence of chromic acid
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromatics — the science of colour
- chromatids — Plural form of chromatid.
- chromatins — Plural form of chromatin.
- chromatism — chromatic aberration
- chromatoid — Resembling chromatin.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chromogram — a photograph that depicts an object in true-to-life colours that is obtained by putting together three different photographs
- chromonema — a coiled chromatin thread within a single chromosome
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
- 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.
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- coachmaker — A coachbuilder.
- cochabamba — a city in central Bolivia. Pop: 561 000 (2005 est)
- cochairman — a person who cochairs an organization
- cochampion — a joint champion
- comanchean — of or relating to the early part of the Cretaceous system and period
- comanchero — (in 19th-century New Mexico) a trader who traded with the Native American nomadic tribes such as the Comanche, Navajo, and Apache
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- cornishman — a man who is a native or inhabitant of Cornwall
- crossmatch — (pathology) To test that the blood of a donor and recipient are compatible.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- demography — Demography is the study of the changes in numbers of births, deaths, marriages, and cases of disease in a community over a period of time.
- demothball — to remove (naval or military equipment) from storage or reserve, usually for active duty; reactivate.
- dermopathy — Disease of the skin.
- diaphoneme — (linguistics) An abstract phonological unit that represents collectively the dialectal variants of a phoneme.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
- dimethoate — a highly toxic crystalline compound, C 5 H 12 NO 3 PS 2 , used as an insecticide.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- dochmiacal — of or relating to dochmiac verse
- 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.
- dutchwoman — a female native or inhabitant of the Netherlands; a woman of Dutch ancestry.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- earthmover — a vehicle, as a bulldozer, for pushing or carrying excavated earth from place to place.
- earthwoman — a female inhabitant or native of the planet Earth.
- earthwomen — Plural form of earthwoman.
- earthworms — Plural form of earthworm.
- enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).