10-letter words containing m, t, h
- bsp method — (programming) A CASE method from IBM.
- bushmaster — a large greyish-brown highly venomous snake, Lachesis muta, inhabiting wooded regions of tropical America: family Crotalidae (pit vipers)
- callathump — a shivaree.
- callithump — a noisy band or parade
- caml light — A small portable implementation of a version of CAML by Xavier Leroy <[email protected]> and Damien Doligez of INRIA. Caml Light uses a bytecode interpreter written in C. It adds a Modula-2-like module system, separate compilation, lazy streams for parsing and printing, graphics primitives and an interface with C. Version 0.6 runs on Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Atari ST and Amiga. It includes an interpreter, compiler, Emacs mode, libraries, scanner generator, parser generator, run-time support and an interactive development environment. The latest version, as of April 2003, is 0.75 and runs on Unix, Macintosh and Windows. The development of Caml Light has been stopped; current development is on Objective Caml. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: <[email protected]>.
- camp shirt — a short-sleeved shirt or blouse with a notched collar and usually two breast pockets.
- camphorate — to apply, treat with, or impregnate with camphor
- carmarthen — a market town in S Wales, the administrative centre of Carmarthenshire: Norman castle. Pop: 14 648 (2001)
- carthamine — a yellow or red dye obtained from safflower
- cash limit — a limit imposed as a method of curtailing overall expenditure without specifying the precise means of budgetary control
- cash terms — the terms of a business transaction that is conducted in ready money
- catchments — Plural form of catchment.
- catechisms — Plural form of catechism.
- catechumen — a person, esp in the early Church, undergoing instruction prior to baptism
- cathemeral — Relating to organisms that have sporadic and random intervals during the day or night in which food is acquired.
- chamberpot — a vessel for urine, used in bedrooms
- chambertin — a dry red burgundy wine produced in Gevrey-Chambertin in E France
- charismata — Theology. a divinely conferred gift or power.
- chart room — chart house.
- checkmated — (chess) Having a king in check with no possible move to escape check, thus losing the game.
- checkmates — Plural form of checkmate.
- cheltenham — a town in W England, in central Gloucestershire: famous for its schools, racecourse, and saline springs (discovered in 1716). Pop: 98 875 (2001)
- chemiatric — healing by the use of chemicals
- chemisette — an underbodice of lawn, lace, etc, worn to fill in a low-cut dress
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chemostats — Plural form of chemostat.
- chemotaxis — the movement of a microorganism or cell in response to a chemical stimulus
- chemotroph — any organism that oxidizes inorganic or organic compounds as its principal energy source.
- chiasmatic — relating to the intersection of the optic nerve fibres at the bottom of the brain
- chicoutimi — city in SC Quebec, Canada, on the Saguenay River: pop. 63,000
- chief mate — first mate.
- chikamatsu — Monzaemon [mawn-zah-e-mawn] /ˈmɔn zɑ ɛˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1653–1724, Japanese playwright.
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- chlamydate — (of some molluscs) possessing a mantle
- chomophyte — any plant that grows on rocky ledges or in fissures and crevices
- chordotomy — an operation to paralyse nerve tracts in the spinal chord in order to relieve pain associated with certain conditions
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- 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
- chrysostom — Saint John. ?345–407 ad, Greek patriarch; archbishop of Constantinople (398–404). Feast day: Sept 13 or Nov 13
- cloth beam — a roller, located at the front of a loom, on which woven material is wound after it leaves the breast beam.
- commandeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of command.
- commendeth — Archaic third-person singular form of commend.
- committeth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of commit.
- compelleth — (archaic) Third-person singular simple present indicative form of compel.
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants