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10-letter words containing o, r, i, c, h

  • retrochoir — that part of a church behind the choir or the main altar.
  • rheopectic — the property exhibited by certain slow-gelling, thixotropic sols of gelling more rapidly when the containing vessel is shaken gently.
  • 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.
  • rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
  • 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
  • rhinotheca — the covering of the upper part of the beak in birds
  • rhizogenic — producing roots, as certain cells.
  • 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
  • rhotacized — to change (a sound) to an (r); subject to rhotacism.
  • richardson — Henry Handel (Henrietta Richardson Robertson) 1870–1946, Australian novelist.
  • richthofen — Baron Manfred von [mahn-freyt fuh n] /ˈmɑn freɪt fən/ (Show IPA), ("Red Baron"or"Red Knight") 1892–1918, German aviator.
  • ricocheted — the motion of an object or a projectile in rebounding or deflecting one or more times from the surface over which it is passing or against which it hits a glancing blow.
  • roach clip — a small tweezerlike clip for holding the butt of a marijuana cigarette.
  • rock chick — a girl or woman who likes rock music and dresses in a typical rock-and-roll style
  • rockingham — Second Marquis of, Charles Watson-Wentworth.
  • rocky hill — a town in central Connecticut.
  • 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.
  • theocratic — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
  • theocritus — flourished c270 b.c, Greek poet.
  • theophoric — having the name of a god embedded in something, such as a name
  • theoretics — the theoretical or speculative part of a science or subject.
  • thermionic — an ion emitted by incandescent material.
  • thermotics — the scientific study of heat
  • thiouracil — a white, slightly water-soluble, bitter, crystalline powder C 4 H 4 N 2 OS, used chiefly in treating hyperthyroidism by reducing the activity of the thyroid gland.
  • thrombotic — intravascular coagulation of the blood in any part of the circulatory system, as in the heart, arteries, veins, or capillaries.
  • thyrotoxic — of or relating to a condition caused by excessive thyroid hormone in the system, usually resulting from overactivity of the thyroid gland.
  • timocharis — a crater in the second quadrant of the face of the moon: about 25 miles (40 km) in diameter.
  • torch lily — tritoma.
  • torchlight — the light of a torch or torches.
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