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10-letter words containing r, c, n

  • gun camera — an aircraft-mounted motion-picture camera recording the firing of all weapons on the gun-target line of the pilot.
  • gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
  • gynecocrat — gynarchy.
  • gyneocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
  • gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
  • gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
  • gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
  • half crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
  • half-crown — a former silver or cupronickel coin of Great Britain equal to two shillings and sixpence: use phased out after decimalization in 1971.
  • halocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing carbon, one or more halogens, and sometimes hydrogen.
  • halterneck — A single strap or material which runs from the front of the garment around the back of the wearer's neck, leaving most of the back uncovered, often used in swimsuits and women's dresses.
  • hand cream — a cream that you put on your hands to make them feel softer and smoother
  • hand cruft — (jargon)   (After "hand craft") To write something by hand that would be better done automatically, e.g. writing assembly language instead of using a compiler (see hand hacking).
  • hand screw — a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
  • hand truck — truck1 (def 3).
  • hand-carry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
  • handcrafts — Plural form of handcraft.
  • handicraft — manual skill.
  • handscroll — A traditional Asian scroll that unfolds horizontally so that the reader can view one section at a time while holding it in the hands.
  • hard candy — candy, often fruit flavored, made by boiling together sugar and corn syrup.
  • hard-knock — beset with hardship.
  • harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
  • harmonicas — Plural form of harmonica.
  • harmonicon — harmonica (def 1).
  • harthacnut — 1019?–42, king of Denmark 1035–42, king of England 1040–42 (son of Canute).
  • hemicrania — pain in one side of the head.
  • henceforth — from now on; from this point forward.
  • henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
  • heroicness — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
  • hibernacle — a protective case or covering, especially for winter, as of an animal or a plant bud.
  • hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
  • hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
  • hinderance — Archaic spelling of hindrance.
  • hindrances — Plural form of hindrance.
  • hippocrene — a spring on Mount Helicon sacred to the Muses and regarded as a source of poetic inspiration.
  • histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • homorganic — (of two or more speech sounds) having the same place of articulation, as p, b, and m, which are all bilabial.
  • homuncular — an artificially made dwarf, supposedly produced in a flask by an alchemist.
  • honor camp — a prison work camp operating on an honor system.
  • honor card — honor (def 11).
  • honorifics — Plural form of honorific.
  • horn chair — a chair, especially of the late 19th-century U.S., having a frame made from steer, elk, buffalo, or other animal horns.
  • horse corn — field corn.
  • hot corner — third base (def 2).
  • human race — humanity, humans as a species
  • hurricanes — Plural form of hurricane.
  • hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
  • hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
  • hydromancy — divination by means of the motions or appearance of water.
  • hydroponic — the cultivation of plants by placing the roots in liquid nutrient solutions rather than in soil; soilless growth of plants. Compare aeroculture, geoponics (def 2).
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