10-letter words containing o, r, a, c, h, e
- horse clam — gaper.
- horse race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horse-race — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- horseraces — Plural form of horserace.
- hotel rack — rack6 (def 2).
- housecarls — Plural form of housecarl.
- hovercraft — ACV.
- hydra code — (humour, programming) Code that cannot be fixed because each time a bug is remove, two new bugs grow in its place. Named after the many-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydrotheca — the part of the perisarc covering a hydranth.
- hyperchaos — (mathematics) A form of chaotic behaviour with at least two positive Lyapunov exponents.
- hyperfocal — relating to the distance beyond which a lens can be focused to produce satisfactory image quality
- hyperlocal — relating to or focused on a very small geographical community, as a neighborhood: hyperlocal news websites; hyperlocal advertising.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along.
- kodachrome — (lowercase) a positive color transparency.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- leucorrhea — Alternative form of leukorrhea.
- loch raven — a town in central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- macpherson — James, 1736–96, Scottish author and translator.
- macrophage — a large white blood cell, occurring principally in connective tissue and in the bloodstream, that ingests foreign particles and infectious microorganisms by phagocytosis.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- mainbocher — (Main Rousseau Bocher) 1891–1976, U.S. fashion designer.
- metaphoric — a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.”. Compare mixed metaphor, simile (def 1).
- methiocarb — a crystalline compound, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 2 S, used as a nonsystemic insecticide and miticide.
- microphage — a small phagocytic cell in blood or lymph, especially a polymorphonuclear leukocyte.
- mocha ware — a pottery ware of the late 18th through the early 20th centuries, ornamented with colored glaze worked into branchlike patterns by drops of a diffusing agent applied while the glaze is still wet.
- monarchies — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monarchize — to carry out the duties or functions of a monarch
- montrachet — a dry white wine of N Burgundy
- necrophage — An organism that eats dead or decaying flesh.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- non-breach — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- north cape — a point of land on an island at the N tip of Norway: the northernmost point of Europe.
- octahedral — having the form of an octahedron.
- octahedron — a solid figure having eight faces.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- orchestral — of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.
- orchestras — Plural form of orchestra.
- orthocaine — a methyl ester used for local anaesthesia
- orthoclase — a common white or pink mineral of the feldspar group, KAlSi 3 O 8 , having two good cleavages at right angles, and found in silica-rich igneous rocks: used in the manufacture of porcelain.
- outmarched — Simple past tense and past participle of outmarch.
- outreached — Simple past tense and past participle of outreach.
- outreaches — Plural form of outreach.
- overarched — Simple past tense and past participle of overarch.
- overarches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of overarch.
- overbleach — (transitive) To bleach too much.
- overcharge — to charge (a purchaser) too high a price: When the manager realized we'd been overcharged, she gave us a credit for the difference.
- overlaunch — (in shipbuilding) to overlap planks