10-letter words containing p, a, r, c, h
- crashproof — (of a vehicle) resistant to damage and as safe as possible for the occupants in the event of a crash.
- crepe hair — artificial hair, usually plaited and made of wool or vegetable fibre, used in theatrical make-up
- crosspatch — a peevish bad-tempered person
- ctenophora — the phylum comprising the comb jellies.
- curateship — the office or position of a curate
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- despatcher — Alternative form of dispatcher.
- diagraphic — descriptive; relating to illustration by drawing or graphics
- dictagraph — Alt form dictograph.
- dictograph — a telephonic instrument for secretly monitoring or recording conversations by means of a small, sensitive, and often concealed microphone
- dirt cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dirt-cheap — very inexpensive: The house may need a lot of work, but it was dirt-cheap.
- dispatcher — a person who dispatches.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
- ecphractic — having the property of removing obstructions
- ekphrastic — Pertaining to ekphrasis; clear, lucid.
- emphractic — medication that closes the pores of the skin
- epigraphic — Of or pertaining to an epigraph or to epigraphy.
- factorship — The business of a factor.
- flip chart — a set of sheets, as of cardboard or paper, hinged at the top so that they can be flipped over to show information or illustrations in sequence.
- geographic — of or relating to geography.
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- graphemics — the study of writing systems and of their relation to speech.
- graphicacy — the ability to understand and use maps, plans, symbols, etc
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- hair space — the thinnest metal space used to separate words, symbols, etc.
- hairpieces — Plural form of hairpiece.
- half-price — at a 50% reduction in cost
- hard peach — a clingstone peach.
- harpsicord — Dated form of harpsichord.
- haruspices — Plural form of haruspex.
- heat cramp — a cramp or muscular spasm caused by loss of water and salt following prolonged exertion in hot weather.
- hectograph — a process for making copies of a letter, memorandum, etc., from a prepared gelatin surface to which the original writing has been transferred.
- heptachlor — a highly toxic, light-tan, waxy solid, C 10 H 5 Cl 7 , used as an insecticide: its manufacture and use are restricted in the U.S.
- heptachord — a musical scale of seven notes.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- hipparchus — died 514 b.c, tyrant of Athens 527–514.
- hippiatric — relating or belonging to the treatment of disease in horses
- holocarpic — (of a fungus) having the entire thallus converted into fruiting bodies.
- home scrap — scrap steel reprocessed in the steel mill in which it was produced.
- honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
- hopper car — a freight car, usually open at the top and containing one or more hoppers so that bulk cargo can be quickly discharged through its bottom.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hyperbaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity greater than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hypobaric.
- hyperbatic — relating to a hyperbaton
- 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