10-letter words containing o, r, c, i, s, h
- nomarchies — Plural form of nomarchy.
- ochronosis — An autosomal-recessive metabolic disorder that causes an excess of homogentisic acid, resulting in adverse pigmentation, calcification, and inflammation of cartilaginous and related tissue throughout the body.
- oireachtas — the parliament of the Republic of Ireland, consisting of the president, the Dail Eireann, and the Seanad Eireann.
- orchardist — a person who owns, manages, or cultivates an orchard.
- orchestics — the art of dancing
- orchestric — relating to dancing
- orchiditis — inflammation of the testis.
- orthoptics — a method of exercising the eye and its muscles in order to cure strabismus or improve vision.
- osterreich — German name of Austria.
- ostrichism — the act of refusing to accept reality or hiding one's head in the sand
- overstitch — a stitch made with a sewing machine, for binding or finishing a raw edge or hem.
- phosphoric — of or containing phosphorus, especially in the pentavalent state.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- pitchforks — a large, long-handled fork for manually lifting and pitching hay, stalks of grain, etc.
- prosthetic — of or relating to an artificial body part or prosthesis: He was fitted for a prosthetic arm.
- rheostatic — an adjustable resistor so constructed that its resistance may be changed without opening the circuit in which it is connected, thereby controlling the current in the circuit.
- rhinoceros — any of several large, thick-skinned, perissodactyl mammals of the family Rhinocerotidae, of Africa and India, having one or two upright horns on the snout: all rhinoceroses are endangered.
- rhinoscope — a special instrument used to examine the nasal passages
- rhinoscopy — examination of the nasal passages, esp with a rhinoscope
- rhoicissus — any plant of the climbing genus Rhoicissus, related to and resembling cissus, esp R. rhomboidea (grape ivy), grown for its shiny evergreen foliage: family Vitaceae
- richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
- rosy finch — any of several finches of the genus Leucosticte, of Asia and western North America, having dark brown plumage with a pinkish wash on the wings and rump.
- rothschild — Lionel Nathan, Baron de ("Lord Natty") 1809–79, English banker: first Jewish member of Parliament (son of Nathan Meyer Rothschild).
- saccharoid — having a granular texture like that of loaf sugar.
- sarcophagi — a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- sarcophile — a flesh-eating animal, especially the Tasmanian devil.
- schizocarp — a dry, dehiscent fruit that at maturity splits into two or more one-seeded carpels.
- schoolgirl — a girl attending school.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- seborrheic — an excessive and abnormal discharge from the sebaceous glands.
- semaphoric — an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
- semichorus — half of a chorus; part of a chorus to be sung by a portion but not all of the singers
- sophomoric — of or relating to a sophomore or sophomores.
- spirochete — any of various spiral-shaped motile bacteria of the family Spirochaetaceae, certain species, as Treponema, Leptospira, and Borrelia, being pathogenic to humans and other animals, and other species being free-living, saprophytic, or parasitic.
- sticharion — a white tunic of silk or linen, corresponding to the alb, worn by deacons, priests, and bishops.
- stitchwork — embroidery or needlework.
- stitchwort — any of several plants belonging to the genus Stellaria, of the pink family, having white flowers.
- stracchino — a soft cheese from North Italy
- switcheroo — an unexpected or sudden change or reversal in attitude, character, position, action, etc.
- switchover — the act or process of changing from one power source, system, etc., to another.
- synchronic — having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history: synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
- theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
- theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
- thermotics — the scientific study of heat
- timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
- tovarishch — comrade (used as a term of address in the Soviet Union).
- trichinose — to infest with parasitic worms (trichinae)
- trichinous — pertaining to or of the nature of trichinosis.
- trichocyst — an organ of offense and defense embedded in the outer cytoplasm of certain protozoans, consisting of a small elongated sac containing a fine, hairlike filament capable of being ejected.
- trichroism — pleochroism of a biaxial crystal such that it exhibits three different colors when viewed from three different directions under transmitted light.