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

  • dichromate — any salt or ester of dichromic acid. Dichromate salts contain the ion Cr2O72–
  • ditrochean — consisting of two trochees
  • dogcatcher — a person employed by a municipal pound, humane society, or the like, to find and impound stray or homeless dogs, cats, etc.
  • door check — a device, usually hydraulic or pneumatic, for controlling the closing of a door and preventing it from slamming.
  • dorchester — a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
  • duckshover — one who duckshoves, jumps a queue; cheats
  • each other — Although some insist that each other be used only in reference to two (The two candidates respected each other) and one another in reference to three or more (The three nations threaten one another), in standard practice they are interchangeable. Each other is not restricted to two, nor is one another restricted to three or more.  The possessive of each other is each other's; the possessive of one another is one another's.
  • echinoderm — any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc.
  • echo verse — a poem in which the words or syllables at the end of a line are repeated as a response in the next line, often for ironic purpose.
  • echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
  • echopraxia — the abnormal repetition of the actions of another person.
  • ectomorphs — Plural form of ectomorph.
  • ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
  • ectotherms — Plural form of ectotherm.
  • ectothermy — (biology) The condition of being ectothermic or warm-blooded; the ability to maintain the body's temperature.
  • eightscore — one hundred and sixty
  • embouchure — The way in which a player applies the mouth to the mouthpiece of a brass or wind instrument.
  • encroached — Simple past tense and past participle of encroach.
  • encroacher — One who encroaches.
  • encroaches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encroach.
  • enharmonic — Of or relating to notes that are the same in pitch (in modern tuning) though bearing different names (e.g., F sharp and G flat or B and C flat).
  • enomotarch — (historical, Ancient Greece) The commander of an enomoty.
  • epimorphic — (zoology, of an insect larva) That becomes segmented prior to hatching.
  • erythrocin — (medicine) synonym of erythromycin.
  • escharotic — Capable of producing an eschar.
  • euchlorine — an explosive gaseous mixture of chlorine and chlorine dioxide
  • euharmonic — producing perfect concord or harmony
  • eurocheque — a cheque drawn on a European bank that can be cashed at any bank or bureau de change displaying the EC sign or that can be used to pay for goods or services at any outlet displaying this sign
  • europhobic — hostile to Europe, Europeans, or the European Union
  • exospheric — Of or pertaining to an exosphere.
  • exothermic — (of a reaction or process) Accompanied by the release of heat.
  • fore-check — to obstruct or impede the movement or progress of an attacking opponent in the opponent's own defensive zone. Compare back-check, check1 (def 15).
  • forechoose — (transitive) To prefer; choose in preference.
  • forechosen — pre-selected
  • foreshocks — Plural form of foreshock.
  • forfeuchen — worn out; exhausted
  • fourchette — Anatomy. the fold of skin that forms the posterior margin of the vulva.
  • french pox — (in historical use) syphilis.
  • frontbench — Alternative form of front bench.
  • geographic — of or relating to geography.
  • geomorphic — of or relating to the form of the earth or the forms of its surface.
  • geothermic — of or relating to the internal heat of the earth.
  • glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
  • good cheer — cheerful spirits; courage: to be of good cheer.
  • grapholect — an established and standardized written language
  • greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
  • grouchiest — Superlative form of grouchy.
  • hackamores — Plural form of hackamore.
  • hackerazzo — a person who hacks into the computer or phone of a celebrity in order to gain information about him or her
  • hammerlock — a hold in which one arm of an opponent is twisted and forced upward behind his back.
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