10-letter words containing r, e, c, h, i
- cherrylike — Resembling a cherry, such as in shape, color, or flavor.
- cherrypick — Alternative spelling of cherry-pick.
- cherubfish — a brilliantly colored butterflyfish, Centropyge argi, found in the West Indies: kept in home aquariums.
- cherubical — Cherubic.
- cherubicon — the hymn sung during the Great Entrance by the choir, which represents the cherubim.
- cherublike — a celestial being. Gen. 3:24; Ezek. 1, 10.
- chevaliers — Plural form of chevalier.
- chevrotain — any small timid ruminant artiodactyl mammal of the genera Tragulus and Hyemoschus, of S and SE Asia: family Tragulidae. They resemble rodents, and the males have long tusklike upper canines
- chi-square — an inferential statistic common in survey research
- chichester — a city in S England, administrative centre of West Sussex: Roman ruins; 11th-century cathedral; Festival Theatre. Pop: 27 477 (2001)
- chickarees — Plural form of chickaree.
- chiffarobe — Alternative form of chifforobe.
- chifferobe — a piece of furniture having both drawers and space for hanging clothes.
- chiffonier — a tall, elegant chest of drawers, originally intended for holding needlework
- chifforobe — an article of furniture that comprises a chest of drawers and a wardrobe
- child-care — having to do with the care of children, specif., of preschool children whose parents are employed
- child-free — making a positive choice not to have children
- childermas — Holy Innocents Day, Dec 28
- children's — a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
- chimaerism — the insertion of cells of a different genetic make-up into a fetus or embryo
- chimerical — wildly fanciful; imaginary
- china rose — a rosaceous shrub, Rosa chinensis (or R. indica), with red, pink, or white fragrant flowers: the ancestor of many cultivated roses
- china tree — chinaberry (sense 1)
- china-ware — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chinawares — dishes, ornaments, etc., made of china.
- chip creep — (hardware) Gradual loosening of an integrated circuit ("chip") in its socket as a result of expansion and contraction during the normal heating and cooling cycles of an electronic system, combined with vibration, e.g. due to cooling fans. The chip can loosen to the point that poor electrical contact between chip and socket reduces the signal quality, causing failure. Pushing chips back into their sockets can cure such symptoms temporarily. Permanent solutions include soldering chips directly to the PCB and clipping the component into the socket (as on some in-line memory modules). The same phenomenon can affect anything plugged into a socket but not held securely in place, e.g. a circuit board plugged into an edge connector on a motherboard or backplane can suffer "card creep".
- chippering — Present participle of chipper.
- chironomer — a person who is skilled in chironomy
- chirpiness — The state or quality of being chirpy.
- chirurgeon — surgeon
- chirurgery — surgery.
- chitarrone — a large lute with a double neck in common use during the baroque period, esp in Italy
- chittering — a chirping noise
- chivalries — Plural form of chivalry.
- chloramine — an unstable colourless liquid with a pungent odour, made by the reaction of sodium hypochlorite and ammonia. Formula: NH2Cl
- chloridate — to expose to or prepare with a chloride
- chloridise — to change into chloride
- chloridize — to change into a chloride
- chlorinate — to combine or treat (a substance) with chlorine
- chondrites — Plural form of chondrite.
- chord line — the imaginary straight line joining the leading edge and trailing edge of an aerofoil
- choreiform — resembling the signs and indications of chorea
- choreutics — a system that analyzes form in movement, developed by Rudolf von Laban (1879–1958), Hungarian choreographer and dance theorist.
- choristers — Plural form of chorister.
- chrematist — a person who studies political economy or is interested in the wealth of countries
- christened — to receive into the Christian church by baptism; baptize.
- christless — being without the teachings or spirit of Christ; unchristian.
- christlike — resembling or showing the spirit of Jesus Christ
- christophe — Henri (ɑ̃ri). 1767–1820, Haitian revolutionary leader; king of Haiti (1811–20)