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10-letter words containing o, h, a, r

  • chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
  • charioteer — In ancient times, a charioteer was a chariot driver.
  • charleston — The Charleston is a lively dance that was popular in the 1920s.
  • charlottes — Plural form of charlotte.
  • charmonium — an elementary particle that contains an antiquark and a charm quark
  • charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
  • chart room — chart house.
  • charthouse — the compartment on a ship or boat where charts are kept
  • chatterbot — chatbot
  • chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
  • chatterton — Thomas. 1752–70, British poet; author of spurious medieval verse and prose: he committed suicide at the age of 17
  • chaudfroid — a sweet or savoury jellied sauce used to coat cold meat, chicken, etc
  • cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
  • chessboard — A chessboard is a square board with 64 black and white squares that is used for playing chess.
  • chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
  • chicharron — (in Mexican cooking) a piece of fried pork crackling.
  • chiffarobe — Alternative form of chifforobe.
  • chimborazo — an extinct volcano in central Ecuador, in the Andes: the highest peak in Ecuador. Height: 6267 m (20 561 ft)
  • china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
  • chirograph — an indenture
  • chiromancy — palmistry
  • chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
  • chivalrous — A chivalrous man is polite, kind, and unselfish, especially towards women.
  • chloralism — a medical condition created by prolonged use of chloral hydrate
  • chloralose — an anaesthetic and sedative composed of chloral and glucose, also used as a preparation to kill birds and rodents
  • chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
  • chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
  • chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
  • choirstall — one of the benches for the choir of a church, cathedral, etc
  • chondromas — Plural form of chondroma.
  • choriambus — choriamb.
  • chorograph — An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
  • chowkidars — Plural form of chowkidar.
  • 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
  • chrononaut — (science fiction, dated) A time-traveller.
  • chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
  • chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
  • chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
  • cibachrome — the old name for the Ilfochrome photographic printing process
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